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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04

CPRENG GOODS
CPRENG GOODS
AT
HILB & LOEB'S.
HILB & LOEB'S.
HILB & LOEB'S.
We are pleased to Inform
We are pleased to inform
We are pleased to inform
OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS
OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS
OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS
that we have received the first shipment of
that we have received the first shipment of
that we have received the first shipment of
new and desirable
new and desirable
new and desirable
SPRIN GOODS,
s z Z n G GOODS,
RING GOODS,
which will be sold at such low prices that it
which will be sold at such low prices that it
will be to your interest to call there
will be to your interest to call there
before purchasing elsewhere,
before purchasing elsewhere.
EEEE4B AZ LOEB.
IEEEks & B1zsEgS.
NEW CASH sgOssEy
N All New Goods!
Bought at the late low and cash rates, and sold
for cash only. No goods sold on credit. for all
are marked at cash prices. Ladies dress goods
of every style and grade Mems and Boys wear
in great varletT.
In Curtains, White Goods, Laces, Linens Ho-
siery, Gloves Trimmings and Small Goods
enough IN grade and prices to please all.
Those who wish to use their money at its full
value can do so at my store. Orders solicited
and carefully filed at cash rates, for [ will not
sell on credit. f. NJ YOUNG
maya
EEHBSEH 81 l.DEEs, Main street, Staunton,
- Va. have just received the largest and most
beautiful stock Of JEWELRY, NOTIONS &
FANCY ARTICLES ever brought to Staun-
ton, and are selling them little cheaper than the
cheapest.
Their stock embraces such an endless variety
that it is useless to attempt enumeration ofar-
ticles.
~ Old men and young, elderly ladies and
maidens boys and girls, lads and lassies, are all
invited to give them call, as they have some
thing TO please and suit4heH all.
ATGH 4 EFtE hJRTNG
They have secured the services of a handsome
man'-Mr. MIX-who will always be found at
the window formerly occupied by other ''good-
looking men. Mr.. Nix understands his bust
ness thoroughly, s. nd will do al work in the
the most reasonable terms
Nzs- ALI Work Guaranteed or no pay. -1@
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04
STANTON SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERT
Dry Goods.

Dry Goods.
ONE DOOR EAST
ONE DOOR EAST
OFTHE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Large and attractive stock of Dry
GOODS, and DRESS GOODS
in endless variety, made of either wool, cotton,
fax or silk-the newest and most desirable styles
in any market.
Great show in white goods-Peques, Vic,
Lawns, and other dress goods for ladies and
misses.
Mems and boys wear-fne and coarse.
Trimmings and small goods-Gloves, Hosiery,
| Handkerchiefs, Corsets, Parasols, Ladies' cits
| shoes.
| My stock is large and attractive.
Staples in splendid variety of brands an6
grades. buy no trash staple goods
| If you wish to buy, come and see the money
value OF first class goods, both in imported an6
| American fabrics
MAJ I'm F. NJ. YOUNG.
Town papers copy
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04

= EATHEEs, Shoe Tools and Shoe Findings.
- for sale by N. b. HENDR4,
at Shoe Factory, Augusta street, opposite
ma2-tf the Courthouse.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04
Richmond Advertisements.

DECHARD ADAM.
Ia Richmond Steam Bakery,
18th street, Richmond, Virginia.
manufacturer of all kinds of
BREAD, CAKES AND CRACKERS,
wholesale and retail.
&a- Egg, Cream, Milk and Lemon Biscuits,
and every kind Of Crackers, made speciality.
Vs. Pound and Fancy Cakes, Ginger Snaps,
Lemon Snaps, Jumbles, &C., &c.
Vs. Orders from all parts of the South attended
to promptly.
Liberal discount to the trade. june6 3m
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04

Wilkes Furniture xg8rerOcms,
ap4 adjoining Virginia Hotel, Staunton.
NOTECE.-Made at the Institution for the
~ Deaf and Dumb and The Blind,
Hair Mattresses,
Moss and Shuck Mattresses,
Coir Mats, all sizes,
Corn Brooms
Old Mattresses renovated,
Old Chairs filed with new cane seats
Books bound in plain binding,
Articles to be repaired will be called for at pri-
vate residences, and returned when finished
Ali orders for work should be made through
the Steward, or Foreman Of the Shop to tie
Principal. feb8-1y
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04
AUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE.
E,H STONEW RE &c
VNERg'T CT1ASS GOODS AT REDTTCET

HNKST GLASS GDODS AT REDUCED
Il PRICES.-Davis A. Kayser is now Of
fering great inducements to cash buyers in want
of cheap goods. He will not be undersold.
Those having accounts due the LIST of January
are very earnestly requested to make prompt
payment. It is wanted badly.
feb0
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04

s8311-Ev EEKLV @UE, Sc j YEAR,
O. til same size AMI ~cae@l Character as
I'll" "HENLY. but with q :sreA.,r variety OF
ln,s'3' & ieo,ss reA Ing, Z tlrai;l.ac tac news
TO = slnsriib,:s visa @re!tcr fr,s1less. because
1t comes sSi1s les .Iztct # ,.ace only.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04

Or les tian One Cen; 9 c ,r. Let ,..,.e D.. !.
$50 Cia1 NJ cv.gy cost Ndire
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22
Narrow Gauge Railroads.

Considerable interest is now being
manifested in the United States on
system Of narrow gauge railroads. The
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, which
is meant to run along the plateau of the
Rocky Mountains from Denver to Ell
Paso, distance Of $50 miles, is to have
n glage OF two feet nine inches, and it is
probable that other traversed roads, cut
ting the great Pacific lines that run east
and west, will also be constructed in n
corresponding scale.
1t is not generally known that roads OF
extremely narrow gauge have been in
use during the past years, and have thus
supplied the practical data for Judging
the utility of their general introduction.
Among the Welsh mountains there is a
line Of railway, the gauge of which is
but one foot, eleven aud half inches.
1t runs from the slate guarries in the
Festiuiog Valley to Port Madoc, on Car
digan Bay. The rails used weigh but
ten pounds to the running foot, and the
engines weigh seven tons. The passen-
ger-cars are ten feet long, five feet wide,
and carry twelve passengers. The
freight-cars carry three tons each,
Trains over one thousand feet long are
run on this little road at q speed of twen-
ty miles an hour, although there are
curves of radii under 1876 feet, and
grades of 70 feet to the mile. 1t is de-
clared that the experiment has proved a
succpsS in evnrv sense
In the Broilthal, joining the Cologne
and Giessen road, there is another mar
row-gauge line, the prosperity Of which
is teaching similar lesson. Its gauge
is two feet seven inches, it has curves of
1874 feet radius, and also 70 feet of rise
to the mile. The weight of the rails
average eight pounds to the foot The
engines weigh twelve and half tons,
and haul thirty-siX cars, each loaded
with five tons. About 81, 500 covers the
cost Of the locomotives, and $500 that of
the cars The cost Of the line, per
mile, including rolling stock, is set
down at $4,000. There are lines Of road
in construction or in use in the mining
districts of Pennsylvania of slightly
narrower gauge than this-that is to say,
Of two feet six inches.-on which engines
of less than eight tons are used, and
which safely run twenty miles an hour,
on grades and curves that ten years ago
would have been pronounced impracti-
cable.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22
Texas ms HOrace Greeley Seos Il.

AS to the soil Of Texas, says Horace
Greeley: l have seen n few acres that
would not yield good crops to good cul.
tivation but this is expected Of a prairie
country, Some OF the pine-covered
lands, especially near the Gulf, seem but
moderately fertile a part of the upland
"Oak-openings' only little better. On
the other hand, the river bottoms, espe-
cially those of the Brassos, are very fer
tile, as annually overlooked intervales are
apt to be. Here, however, the inunda-
tons are frequent and of enormous ex-
tent, 80 that Judge the intervales OF the
Trinity, Brassos, Colorado, &c, deeper
and richer than those of the Connecticut,
Hudson, Delaware, Susquehanna or Po-
tomac ever were or could be- | never
saw better soil than the Brassos bottoms.
l was more surprised, however, by the
remarkable fertility of the rolling prai-
ries, especially those of Washington
County, on either side of Burnham, its
capital. These have been twenty to
thirty years planted to corn or cotton,
never MANFRED, and cultivated so shall
lowly that every wave sweeps off thou
sands of tons of their soil to be borne
into the Gulf by the Brassos or squan-
dered upon its intervales. Yet these
prairies still sustain and mature boun-
teous harvests and no wonder, since
their black mould ranges from two to five
feet in depth. Mellow, dry, breezy,
healthful, do not see how these lands
could be made more inviting.
The level prairies are of good quality,
though not equal in the average to those
just spoken of. They may average a
foot Of dark mould, generally everything
clay. They are mainly left in a state OF
nature and devoted to the rearing OF
cattle, which are sold at three or four
years old for $40 to $40 per head to
drovers or packers. Tens OF thousands
in good condition have been slaughtered
for their hides and tallow-the flesh after
yielding all its tallow, being fed to swine.
This, trust, is ended it certainly will
be when the first railroad shall have con-
nected the valley of the lower Colorado
with that of the Missouri or the OHIO.
As yet, the State is full OF cattle, and
will be for few years longer but they
must ultimately give place to tillage.
Whenever lands devoid of stump or stone
equal to those of the Connecticut valley,
and within four days by rail of New York
shall be worth SIS per acre, these prairies
will be gradually inclosed, broken up by
the steam pillow, surface drained by gi-
gantic machines, and cultivated for corn,
cotton, wheat or some choice grass, and
then cattle will gradually disappear, or
be reared in some more civilized fashion.
At present, they simply hold the ground
till cultivation shall be ready to claim it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22
A Strange Case.

A New York paper says that a few
weeks ago, Maior-General Charles Nun
dee, left his home in Tallahassee, Flori-
da, to attend the reunion OF the Army of
the Potomac, at Boston. After the re-
union he returned to New York and call
ed on Gems Wright, Newtown, and
Hamilton, who had been his former COM
panions in arms. He was at that time
very finely dressed, but was unusually
pale and nervous. Upon leaving his
friends he went to the low drinking den,
No. 10 West ST., and bought partner
ship interest for $3.50. He went there
regularly each day, taking no part in the
business of the shop, but sitting quietly
behind the bar. The whole transaction
occurred without the knowledge of his
friends, who supposed he had returned
home. On Friday three men entered the
saloon and were waited on by the partner
of Gen. Mundee. After quitting one of
them declared that he had been robbed,
went out for an officer, and had the bar
keeper arrested. The following morning
Mundee was also arrested on charge Of
grand larceny and conducted to the
Tombs. About s o'clock that night he
was seized with commissions, and died
within two hours.
The deceased was man of great
wealth and high standing, and had been
an officer in the Regular Army of the
United States for 20 years. His friends
can account for his conduct only on the
around that he was insane. Gen. Ham
ilton declares that while with him in the
army he was never an Incorporate man,
and was always highly esteemed by his
fellow officers. He was A years of age,
and leaves wife and six children.
When his friends saw the body at the
Tombs it was clothed in very coarse
garments, and a ring had been stolen
from the hand. The remains were
taken in charge by Gems. Newton,
Wright, Shaler and Hamilton, and for
warded to Tallahassee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22
THE INSANE CAPTAIN.

Forty years ago, the bark Mary Burton,
having shipped her cargo in New York, set
sail with favorable breeze for Liverpool.
The dangers of the channel being past, the
pilot left; and the captain, who had hith-
erto only paced the deck to see that the
pilots orders were promptly obeyed, re-
sumed the command
Captain Powell was bachelor, in his
best years of slender, but sinewy frame,
with brown curly hair and blue eyes a
Scotchman by birth, and a smart sailor.
He had sailed about all his life on the diff
ferent seas of the globe, till at last he had
settled down on the packet line between
New York and Liverpool. .....
Crowded as the packet ships were on
the voyage to America, they brought back
but few to the old country, and on this
occasion the Mary Burton carried only six
passengers. Among these were Mrs. Ellis
and MISS Elisa mother and daughter.
They were not unknown to Captain
Powell. He had made their acquaintance
in New York; being intimate with part Of
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22
Scientific Explorations.

Among the United States government
explorations to be prosecuted during the
present year, we should not omit to
mention that of the Lake Survey under
the Engineer Bureau. This work has
been in progress for number OF years,
and in the reliability Of the observations
and the beauty of the maps published
occupies the very first rank. The work
at present is under the charge of Gene
raj C. B. Comstock, and will be carried
on in several localities simultaneously
The survey of Lake st. Clair, which was
nearly finished last year, will be COM
pleted the present season; and the par
ty, on finishing it, will then proceed to
the st. Lawrence River, i'll the neigh
borhood of Ogdensburg, and there car
Nv on their labors. Both shores of Lake
Michigan will be surveyed during the
season, commencing at Sheboygan on
the eastern shore, and at point north
of Grand Haven on the western. 1t IS
expected the whole will be completed as
far south as Kenosha before the opera
tions are interrupted for the winter. Til
angulations will be conducted along
Lake Michigan between Green Bay and
Milwaukee. In addition to the hydro
graphical and surveying work prosecuted
by these parties great attention is paid
to securing reliable data il regard to the
meteorology of the country, with the
special view of determining the average
conditions of the rainfall and other
phenomena. The data already collected
have been of great value, and have done
much toward supplying accurate infor-
nation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22
Eras Corresponding with 1871.

The year 1871 constitutes the
95th of the Independence of the
United States, until July 4th.
1S75th of the birth of Christ; our
present era having begun four years af-
ter his birth.
1240th of the Persian Era, which be-
gan June 10Th, n. S., 632 A. ID.
12SSth of the Hegirl, and begins
March ODD, 1871.
1319th of the Armenian Ecclesiastical
Year.
15S7th of the Era of Diocletian, or Era
of Martyrs.
19O9th of the Spanish Era, or Era OF
the Caesars.
1916th of the Julian Era, or since the
reformation of the Calendar of Numa
Pompilius.
2l83d of the Grecian Era Of the Seleu-
cides.
261Sth of the B bylonish Era of Ma
bonassar, which began Feb. 10Th, 1867,
j. P.
2G2lth of the old Roman Era, A. T..
c., according to Varro.
2647th of the Olympiads of Greece, OF
the 1st year of the COED Olympiad, be-
ginning in July,
3SS6th of the year of Abraham used
by Eusebius.
4219th of the Deluge, according to
Usher, and the English Bible.
4073d of the Cali Yuga, or Iiindoo,
and Indian Era.
450Sth of the Chinese Calendar, be-
ginning Feb. 18th, 1871, and the 9th in
cycle of 60 years.
563lst of the Creation, according to
the Minor Era of the Jews. 1t ends
September 9Th.
623Oth of the Greater Rabbinical Era
of the Jews.
6O99th of the World, according to Eu-
sebius.
5S15th OF the World, according to Seal
iger.
5S75th of the World, according to
Usher and the English Bible.
7363d of the World, according to the
Antiochian and Abyssinian Eras.
7373d Of the World, according to the
Alexandrian Era.
1879 S0th of the year Of Constantine
pie, used by the Byzantine hi;torians.
This last is the same in the Septunqiat
version of the Bible. 1t dates the Gre
alton on tho 1st of the Jewish month
Tisri, 550S B. G., or 1879 years ago.
There are about hundred and forty
eras respecting the age of the world,
some claiming to be millions of years
old, but without authentic written re.
cords.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22

The VENpoME COLUMN. The P0tie
gives interesting facts in regard to the
recently demolished Vendome column.
1t was made with the bronze of 1,2OO
cannon captured from the Russians,
Prussians, and Austrians 1t was begun
on the Goth of August, 1906, and finished
in 1910, under the direction Of the ar
chitects Demon, Lepere, and Ganduin.
Its total weight was about 100000 lbs.
The expenses for its construction were :
Melting the bronze, 154,837 francs ;
weighing the same, $50 francs chisel-
ling, 257, 210 francs the statue by Chan
Diet, ID, COO francs sculptured corniccs,
80, francs; general designs, 1l,4OO
francs; masons, locksmiths, carpenters,
and plumbers, COL, $40 francs architect,
$4,000 francs; 25l, 1861 kilogrammes of
bronze, 1,005, 46S francs; total, 2,352,-
46S francs. Ure's Dictionary OF Arts,
under the article on bronze, says the
founder of the column was so unskilful
i'll melting the bronze that he had gone
on progressively refining his alloy till
he had exhausted the. copper, and he
then worked up the refuse scorim i'll the
upper part of the column"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22

The TEHUANTEPEC CANAL.-Captain
Schufeldt is now about to prepare his
report on the Tehuantepec Canal. He
will report on route 100 miles long,
with q summit level of 800 feet, and re-
quiring seventy locks on either side. The
Canal would be 20 feet deep, and from
ITO to 200 feet broad. He estimates tie
cost at 500, 100000. The Darien Canal
is now regarded as impracticable and at
tention turns again to this route. Before
it can be made effective, however, i'm
portant treaty-stipulations must be made
With Mexico, so as to secure American
rights on the Canal. After Captain
Schufeldt makes his report, it is under
stood that he will proceed to make a sur
vey of the Nicaragua route.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22
Asleep.

Sound sleop-no sigh can reach
Him who dreams tho heavenly dream
Not to-morrows silver speech
Wake him with an earthly theme.
Summer rains relentlessly
Pattcr where his head doth lie;
There the wild fern and the brake
All their summer leisure take
Violets, blinded with the dow,
Perfume lend to the sad rue
Till the day breaks fair and clear,
And no shadow doth appear.
Mary ~ Prescott.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22

In dressing for photographs, dark
brown, dark green, maroon, and plain
black goods, without gloss, will take
rich drab color Silks OF the same color
will take considerable lighter. Snuff
brown, dark leather, dark drab, scarlet,
cherry, dark orange, crimson, and slate
will also take rich drab color. Violet,
blue, purple, pink, and magenta, will
take very light, and should be avoided
The hair should not be very wet OF
glossy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22

SUMMER vEns.-A new veil of black
lace, with Spanish figures, is large
three comered piece Of net with lace Dor
der. A point falls in front below tho
throat, while the other ends are tied over
the chatelaine. In real lace this costs
from "a to 50. With imitation net and
applique border they are $50 OF ~.
Parker lace wells, tlree-fonrths OF q yard
long, with one end rounded, cost from
80 to 1915.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22

A New RELIGIOUS SECT.-A new reli-
gious sect has been founded in Russia,
in the district of OreEburg, by Feodor
Kaynika, who processes to be in direct
communication with the Deity, and to
have the mission of preparing an earth
" paradise for his followers. One of
the conditions OF admission into the
sect is the payment to its founder of
5000 rubles, after which the candidate
has to pass through several ranks be-
fore attaining the privileges of full men,
bership. As promotions from one rank
to onother, like the first appointment,
are made under a sort of purchase sys-
TEN, the sect consists almost entirely OF
rich men. The fund thus accumulated
is, according to the statutes OF the soci-
ETY., to be employed in the conquest of
Constantinople, which the founder pre-
diets will take place on the birthday OF
the Emperor, 1873.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22

POTATO BuG.--The potato bug has
made its appearance in Wisconsin, and
wherever it sees sprout it goes for it
with its mandibles. One farmer pays
his children ten cents for each quart Of
bugs they rick, and fears that the
Youngsters will soon be able to buy his
farm with the profit OF their business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-22

LOUIS AYREs, On operative in the
Amoskeag Corporation, at Manchester,
n. H., shot his wife three times killing
her. He afterward shot himself, but may
recover. Jealousy was the cause.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-09-19
DIED.

Departed this life, in full hope of blessed
immortality, Thursday morning, Sept, 18th,
1871, at the residence of her son.iu.law, ,JnO,
Y, GleSsner, in Mansfield, Ohio. Mrs. MAZDA
L, iorNG, relict of the late Samuel Young,
of CharlCsiowu, Jefferson county, w. Va, in
the SD year of her age.
On the 2ud instant, at the residence Of her
grandfather, Hon. A. II. BoteIcr, iu ShCp,
hrrdstown, of congestion of the brain, ELIz.
AnETlI SnEPrEnD, infant daughter Of George
NJ. aud CharlOtteR. johnson, aged l mouths
aud % days.
In IInrper's Ferry, at the residence of her
aunt, Mrs Maria Chambers, on Wednesday
the 13thinstant, Mrs. JULIA a., vile of Capt.
Charles H. Briggs, in the 9th year Of her
age
Near ShcphcrlstOwn, on Sth Of May, 1871,
Mrs. ELzAHBTH COMEGYss. daughter Of
MIR, WIN. Marshall, decd. Sho was born in
this county, July 10, 1850, and was 50 years
aud 10 months old when she died.
At the residence of her son.in.law, Orick
S. Cunningham, Berkeley county, 9th inst,
Mrs. RUTH LlcnT, consort Of Jacob A,
Light, decd, aged 20 years
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-09-19

ATTACKED by Hoos.-We are informed
that one day last week, Mrs, Laura F, Early,
daughter of Mr.. Charles Lewis, living on Mr..
j. /. NicodCmus' farm, at tho mill was at.
tackled BY lot of hogs, aud had very narrow
escape with her life. 1t seems pig had got
ten fast under a gate, and its sqnenling had
attracted number of hogs, Mrs. Early went
to open tho gate to release tho pig, and while
doing so, the hogs attacked her with savage
fero:ty. She was thrown down, We upder'
stand, aud her clothes torn and her body
lacerated to some extent, but the timely ar.
rival Of large dog drove tway the hogs, aud
thus saved her iifc. But for the dog, MS no
one was near to help her, she might have been
literally dcyourcd. Her injuries ure not Of a
serious ua,ure.-Boonsboro' OIL fehoU.
MAJ. A. l.. RoGEns, Omcmber of the Lees.
burg Bar, died at his residence in MidlIcburg,
on Monday Of last week, after short illness.
lie was Captain of the Ioudoun Battery at
the commencement of the war. aud was at,
forwards promoted to Major of artillery.