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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-03-05
DRY GOODS, MILLINERY Y,
LADIES AND GENTS
FURNISHING GOODS.
JEW ELH2Y,
NOTIONS,

Black Alpaca .....-..... .......25 cents to $1.OO
japanese Silk rs cents worth ST. 25 yard
Black and white Plaid Poplin 50 cts, worth soc;
Beautiful corded Alpacas all colors,
% ce-- worth so cents ;
SCOTCH PLAIDS, $50. from Is cents to 81 90;
GENUINE FRENCH MERINo, ....~~sloo;
EMPRESS CLOTHS, ........ so to IS cts; ;
DELAINES, ................ :. 20 to 80 cents ;
Best Medicated Flannels, at .......... IS cent
Fireman's Flannel at........,............. so
Canton Flannels, 25c to................ 80
White Flannels, zoe to......... ......... Is q
Stripe Hickory, 15c to. ................ 81
Large Linen Towels red ends, at... rs
Corsets from zoe to......... ..".~. $500
Ladies' Hose, from 15c to...".....-.-..S1.25 pr.
Of Calicoes and Cotton Cloths we have fine
stock, and sell good article for less money than
any other house in town.
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G CD ID Id - .

If you can buy them cheaper anywhere else
it is your privilege to do So if you can save mon
ey with us, it is your advantage to patronize
S. D. TIMBERLAKE.
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Read these lines and come and see for YOUR
selves and be convinced that we mean business.
CLARK'S COTTON, 70 CENTS PER DOZEN,
or seven cents spool.
Crowley 6 cord Cotton soc. per dozen.
Eagle Cotton, 124c. per dozen.
IA Shirt Buttons for cents.
Hooks and Eyes, only 3 cents.
Pins only cents.
Stephens Needles equal to Bloods, S cts.
Ladies Hose, only IL cents.
Gents Wooden Socks, only 10 cents.
Jet Jewelry. at Is, 25 40 and SO cents.
Splendid Toilet Soap, so cents.
Very best Calico, only III cents yer yard.
Best heavy A brown Cotton, 121 cents.
"A bleached Cotton, only 121 cents.
Hickory Stripe, only 12I cents.
Carpets, below New York prices.
All wooden dress goods, and Gents Cloths and
Cassimeres, marked down 10 to 25 per cent.
below market value.
Remember this is the only place where you can
get the genuine bargains.
NSr Country Merchants will do we'll to look
through our stock.
S. d. TIMAERLAKE
Staunton, Va.
J, L. RICHARDSON,
G. l.. Cooke, }Salesmen.
FAYETTE CoYLE, Feb 20
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vsvEEE Co-PAEsTN ERSHHE of Parkins
q Nelson & Co., having been dissolved by the
sale OF the interests Of some of the partners and
the establishment having come into our posses
sion, we appear before the public with improved
facilities, and with determination to please in
Price :snsa Style OF WORK..
we respectfully ask from the people of Vir-
ginia and the South, a fair share of patronage.
We propose to manufacture and repair porta-
bic s1d stationary Steam Engines and Boilers,
awmills, Mining Machinery, Hydraulic and
crew Presses for Oil and Tobacco, Car Wheels,
Car Trucks, Shafting, Puleys and Hangers
We keep on hand full assortment of repairs
for the Pitt Threshing Machine, which we will
furnish fitted upon short notice.
We also manufacture Flows, Plow Castings,
hay Rakes, Hay Presses, Straw Cutters, and
Agricultural Implements generally.
Address,
EYLER, COOPER & CO.,
marZS-tf Staunton Va
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TRIUMPHANT!
1869. 1870.
II
GOLD and SILVER
MEDALS

were dWdrQ6Q TO
CHARLES M. STIEFF for the best Pianos
more and Boston Mamutacturers. Office and
new Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street,
Baltimore, Nd.
The St1eH'S Pianos contain all the latest
improvements to be found in a first class Piano,
with additional improvements of his own inven-
ton not to be found in other instruments. The
tone, touch and finish of their instruments can
not be excelled by any manufactured.
a large assortment of Second hand Pianos al
ways on hand, from $75 to $500. as 6u
Parlor and Church Organs, some 20 different
styles on hand from $50 and upwards
Send for illustrated Catalogue, containing the
names of over 1000 Southerners, $500 of which
are Virginians,) who have bought the Stieff Pr
ano since the close of the war. as
For Catalogues and prices, apply to
JOEL ETTINGER,
au29-n Staunton, Va.
NAM. j. c. DULANY q co.,
BALTIMORE, Md,
(sueeessors to Selby & Dulany),
WHOLESALE
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.
A large stock of goods suited to the wants of
Country Merchants, Schools and Educational
Boards,
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PUBLISHERS OF
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h e MI A R k s.:

again assert that l mean what 1 say, and
those who have dealt with and know me, know
10 sell frst-class goods at the very LOWEST CASH
IA TIES, and guarantee satisfaction, and to give
Piano (aoorth $500 besides, to the largest cash
buyer during 1872.
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st-CI0ss St5ef Piano.
Worth $4,000.

Having met With great success in business du-
ring the six years of my residence in Staunton,
and desiring to return my thanks in substan-
tai manner to my many patrons, make the
above promise, in good faith whether the gross
amount of sales Of 1872 be less or greater than
in 1871, which will, I trust, meet with the appro.
baton of the generous public to whom l am so
much indebted for their encouragement and
support.
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Home ENTERPRISE
IIFE INSTRAACE COMPANY N

VIRGINIA.
Capital, ......~.......... s000.
A G. McILwA1nE, ....... President.
B B1 5 Tn EMU; vies-Presidents.
s. B. PAUL, Secretary.
d. p. FACKLER, ............. Consulting Actuary.
Dr. DR. JAMES J. M BUSTER bnNs Medical Directors
Home Office at Petersburg, Va, with Local
Boards at Richmond and n orfolk,
Lynchburg, Staunton and
Alexandria
sTAUNToN STOCKHOLDERS BOARD.
VIM Fp.z,r, President
Edward Mcmahon, Thomas D Ransom,
j. w. Abby, M. p. Funkhouser,
Hugh w. Sheffey I. WITT,
o. Smith, j. w. Todd,
P. B. Hoge.
GEO. G. JACKSON, ......Sec. and Gen. Agent.
DR.. B. NJ. ATKINSON, $500. Medical Examiner
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personal NOTICE. take this oeca-
q sion to thank my many friends for their lib
eral patronage since the establishment of Burke's
Iron Works, and il gives me great pleasure to
announce to them, the association of Messrs E.
McMahon and L. K. Menifee with me in the
future management of the business, and that it
is our intention to make it in all respects first
class establishment, and I hope you will con-
tinue that liberal support to the new Company
that you have given to the old.
w, a. BURKE,
P. S.-The accounts due w. A. Burke and
Burke's l; W. Co, are ready for settlement and
must be closed at once. w. A. B.
Feb 20 3mo-City papers copy
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Commanders of the Dry Goods Market
gvEEE CH EAPEST CASH STORE !

syHE On ZAP EST CASH STORE in
Z Staunton is that of B. f. HARDWOOD.
on Main street. He pays cash for his goods, and
is therefore enabled to sell at the lowest cash
price. He respectfully informs his friends and
the public that he has on hand. and receiv-
ing daily, GEN ERAL ASSORTM ENT of all
kinds of goods which he is offering for just what
they are worth in cash. Give him call No
one can sell at lower price. ju4
NEW STORE and CHEAP GOODS.
u The subscriber, on the 9Th of September
1871, having associated with him in business,
Owen Morris GOOsaes
the business will be conducted under the style
of 0. @, NORRIS & CO., at a aeao and consno-
dious store room, in the stone building on Au-
gusta street, first door below Poscelps Corner,
and two doors above the Office Of the Spectator
0. @. NORRIS.
We are now receiving large stock ofnew sta
pie and fancy dry goods, also boots, shoes, hats,
queensware, and a general assortment Of grocer
les, ali of which are determined to sell upon
the most reasonable terms. We respectfully So
lict call and we will sell the goods.
o. c. MORRIS s. co.
P. S.-My establishment on Water street near
the Market House is still kept open with Gro
ceries choice selection of liquors tobacco salt,
leather, &C. A call from old customers and
others respectfully solicited.
sel2-tf o. c. MORRIS
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OUR
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT,
In charge of Mrs GLADKE, is the most ele
CANT and extensive establishment in the State of
Virginia. We have on hand beautiful assort-
ment of Ladies'
Hats and Benmets,
all shapes styles and sizes, and of the very latest
fashion. LADIES WEAR of all descriptions,
Scarfs, Bows and Ties, Cuffs and Collars-in fact
everything connected with frst-cass
Millinery Establishment.
In Real and Imitation Hair Head Dresses, we
have secured large line of the very latest fash
ions, comprising every novelty in CHIGNONS,
BRAIDS, CURLS, &c.
This lines iworthy your attention.
ALEXANDER S KID GLOVES, $l.OO
For further particulars, call and see.
Respectfully,
CHARLES A. GLADKE.
All goods warranted as represented. OF no
sale. JAZZ
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nj ssTkCE.-The subscriber having associated
III with him in his business, from the 10Th of
Sept. last, VIM. f. SUMMERSON, the bust
ness will be conducted hereafter under the style
of "A. kS. Taylor <E DO.
They now receiving large stock of STA
PIE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, BOOTS.
SHOES. HATS, GROCERIES, SC,
making their stock very complete, which they
are determined to sell at the lowest possible rates
toners. All kinds of Lumber and marketable
produce taken in exchange for goods.
A. H TAYLOR & co
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MOda1s Oper07sdS /:

A large Ledger will be opened on January
LIST, 1872, and page or pages devoted to each
cash buyer, in which strict entries OF all pur-
chases during the year will be made; bills will
be furnished each purchaser, so that he or she
may know at any time the amount of goods pur-
chased, and the Ledger will be open for public
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n EsEA'g' ATTRACTIONS

q have large stock Of Boots and Shoes of my
L own make-an guaranteed to give satisfac-
ion N B. HENDRY
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JANUARY 1sr, 1873,
king the largest purchases during the year 1872.
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Remember this is the only place where you can
get the genuine bargains.
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CHEAP GOODS.

4 nv kind of Boots or Shoes ordered or man
"a Vfactared promptly by
oc17 n 2 HFNDRY
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ADEES. Do you want fine, durable, com
AA Portable and fashionable shoe? IF so, call
aud examine my goods and find the article de-
sired n. B. HENDRY.
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FAJ Otions, Hosiery, Gloves, Trimmings, La
AV ces, and Fancy Articles, for sale by
OcI7 II 3 HENDRY
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-26
AsLAsmR REFUTED.

We copy from the Columbus miss
Demoerat a letter from ex-President
Davis to Fred. Besle, Esq, Of oko-
Iona, in which he utterly refutes a
malicious SANDER which was uttered
against him by w. D. Kelly, Of Penn
sylvania, at q mass meeting held in
Philadelphia nearly a year ago, and
which, from the fuss and parade en-
ployed in getting 1t up, was evidently
intended to be a great occasion. We
always rejoice to see the ialsehoods
which Kelly and his associates love to
utter against the South and Southern
men exposed in all their hideousness,
and the miserable slandererS held up
TO the scOrn Of all honest men. With
his wOnted dignity and high sense Of
honor, Mr. Davis has proved beyond
a doubt that Mr.. Kelly not only told
q lie, but knew fully that it was a lie
when he told it. What viii Governor
Geary and Edgar Thompson and the
other ''citizens Of Philsdelphis" who
invited Kelly to address them, think
of the pitiful wretch when they read
Mr.. Davis letter?
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-26

phreys. All the reports, that OF the
secretary of war, that Of Captain
Humphreys, that Of Governor Ste
vens, and the reports of other officers
connected with that survey, are to be
found in the first volume of the Pacific
railroad reports, published by order Of
the senate of the United States. On
pages IA and 145 Of that volume,
GQYernor Stevens estimate of the cost
Ofthe various proposed routes will be
found. Not a figure, word or letter
was stricken from OF added to 1t. 1t
was sent TO congress exactly Is 1t was
received from Governor Stevens, and
printed exactly as it was prepared by
him.
The table of lengths, sum Of ascents
and descents, cost, ETC., Of all the
roHtes, which will be found appended
to my report (vol. L, page 81, was
prepared for me by Captain Hum
pbreys, and is substantially the same
as that contained in the report OF Cap
tain Humphreys (vol. L, p. 100, with
explanatory tOOt-notes the same as
those attached to the table appended
to my report, the frst Of which Is as
follows:
HThese are the estimates of the Of
flee, those of Governor Stevena hay.
ing been brought 10 the same stand
ard of increased cost as the other
routes, and his equipments reduced to
that of the other routes. His esti-
mates were s117,121,0N and $780,
co.,"
Capt. Humphreys, in making his
own estimate Of the comparative cost
of all the proposed routes, was neces-
sarily obliged to establish an uniform
standard which was applied to all the
estimates.
You will see from the foregoing that
Mr.. Kelly made an unfounded state
ment when he said that I struck out
from the report Of Governor Stevens
the figures OF his estimate and insert
ed others in their place; and you will
also see that in preparing his address,
Mr.. Kelly must have consulted the
official volume of reports to which l
have referred, and therefore made the
statement knowing it to be false.
In the very able report of General
Humphreys, he proves that the route
of the thirty-second parallel is much
the shortest, least costly and most prac-
ticable of all the routes, and the expe-
rience of the past winter gives material
strength to his argument. But it did
not suit Mr.. Kelly's purpose, in de-
mOnstrating the startling advan-
tages" Of the route from Duluth to Pu.
get Sound, to make anyreference to the
opinions of General Humphreys, whom
he might also have described a dis
tinguished as soldier and engineer"
He seems to have preferred to mis-
quote public documents, suppress
truth, and by way Of emphasis, resort
to deliberate SANDER in assigning an
unworthy motive to account for an
act which he had not even a plausible
pretext for asserting had been per.
formed.
With many thanks for your kind
interest and good wishes, Iremain,
Very truly and respectfully, yours.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-26

In one breath he shows the American
people how to preserve their liberties,
and in the next he direct his country
In the discharge Of their duty. Se1a5
tor Schurz, in a lecture recently DC
livered in German to a German audi
ence, in Washington, said the Ger
man element was destined to WELD g
great inhuencein this Rnpublic here
after. But their power was to come
to them-not as Germans, but as
Americans-through their thorough
classification with their adopted
country. In this connection he adj
viRd his auditors to abandon the Ian
gusge Of the Faderlsnd and adopt
ouE, which very sensible instruction
can easily be carried out, for the basis
of the English language Is Teutonis
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-26

Simple as may seem the little sue.
culent bivalve, it takes all the forces
Of nature to make q clam; but In Eng
land it only takes Mr.. Disraen to
make a clam0r.
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
IOuRKAL OF TNE CITY.
TUESDAY EORNNs, |: EARCE %, 1872.



A New Hampshire man recently
refused to sabscnbs for q dsAg paper
'tbecause 1t helped 70 bald - the bu-
siness of the place, and the Weather
the town the higher the taxes would
bs.U On the same principle people
object to taxation to build a railroad,
when in fact i Is no taxation. The
necessity for the Aoad may be vital,
and vet no dozen or five hundred men
can bald it. 10 combination OF the
few can gather wealth enough and
therefore the whole community, pro
hac Uics, becomes an individual-this
Individual, assured Of 8 direct, tsngi-
be, practical return for his invest
ment. II no dividends arise, i00d is
cheapened and property values are
enhanced, and 1t thus happens that
railroad taxation Is no taxation,
and the term, as applied to
this plan Of raising money
for such a purpose, k~s misnomer.
We are "taxed'' to bald a jail or
courthouse. Births c1ze the money
is taken from the taxpayer and re-
tnhsGa more, nor does it add any
a~ppreciable value to property taxed.
But there has never been a railroad
finished that did not add twice the
sum If cost the community 10 the
wealth OF that community. There
fore, a railroad tax is 40 tax In the
common ac~eeptstion of the term. 1t
Is a tax, a fearful tax, thst we pay
70 feed half q million plsce-holders OF
State and Federal governments.
They toll not, neither do they spin,
aud yet Solomon, in all his glory,
was not arrsyed like one OF these
pretty young men, who grow sleek
and faneiful, while hardhsted far
mers and mechanics toll to main
tain them in idIene8. Taxes are
wTenched from the people that
a blessed class, who imagine
they were born with i~Rdeleasible
right to Office, may live in idleness.
Railroads are not iders or loafers.
They drink much, but only Of water.
They are fast; but there morals are
uneontaminated. They borrow the
peoples money, but refund it even q
hundred fold. They impose no taxes
and only ask q loan, ard il there be
one such borrower-save when war de-
ssroyed its productive capacity-which
has not paid its debts and all that was
lent it, with usury, over and
over again, it cannot be found any
about Memphis.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-26
DAVID DAVIS.
His Views absut the Presidency Stated BY
Authority.
w..nlng.oa speeI.l 70 the O@lnaLnna.l

Washington Special TO the Cincinnati
Times and Chroicle.l
The friends of Judge Davis author.
ICED the following statements:
He accepted the Columbus nomina.
ton In a Geographic dispatch which
has been widely published, and has
held no other correspondence on that
subject, public or private.
He has not sought, directly or indi-
rectly, by any agency whatever, and
will not seek, the nomination Of any
convention for the Presidency.
He declined to enter into political
correspondence or arguments concern
ing a nomination, a. being consistent
with the p%roprieties of his present ju-
dicial trust.
his position is plainly this: II the
people who seek to bring about a re-
form in the government, who favor
amnesty for political offenses, a candid
restoration of the Union in all its In
tegrity, the supremacy Of the civil
over military power, the upright en-
forcement OF the laws, hostility to CEN
tralization, and integrity in the ad-
ministration of affairs, desire him to
represent them as a candidate for the
presidency, he will accept the honor,
because those principles accord entire
ly with his own convictions.
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pa EnpEOlasIy 49,.
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A LIE NAILED.
Letter from the Hon. jefferson Davis Re-
futIng kslIy's Slandsr,

From the Columbus Miss Democrat
The following letter from President
Davis was sent to US by Captain Fred.
Beal for publication. Mr.. Davis was
&Ossly misrepresented by congress
man Kelly, of Pennsylvania, in q
speech delivered in Philadelphia last
summer. That speech, with Its false.
hoods and ISLANDERS, was extensively
circulated Throughout the United
States and Canada, and the friends of
Mr.. Davis deemed il important that
he should set himself right. This he
does very eftectually in the letter,
which will be generally read;
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, March5, 1872.
Fred. Betll, Esq. Attornoy-st- Law, Oko-
Iona, Mississippi;
DEAR SIR have to acknowledge
the receipt Of yOurletter OF 9th ultimO,
In which you draw my attention to
an address on the Northern Pacific
railroad, delivered in Philadelphia
last June by Mr.. W. Kelly, and
particularly to the following extract:
$50 startling were the advantages
possessed by this route from Duluth
to Puget S0undl that the then secre-
tary Of war, Jefferson Davis, struck
from the report of Governor Stevens,
since so distinguished as a soldier and
engineer, the estimate he presented of
the cost, which was Sill, 12l, and
inserted In lieu thereof $50, ISL, 000."
1 might have answered you i'm
mediately by an assurance that
Mr.. Kelly's statement is wholly
destitute Of truth, but / thought
it better to delay my reply
until / could furnish you with the
facts. Icould only dc this by a refer
ence to the official documents, and
this has taken some time, as / was
Obliged to collect them from others,
the seizure of my library during the
war having deprived me Of the
means Of doing so by a reference
TO nv own books and papers. |
Icannot understand why Mr.. Kelly |
should refer to the official reports Of
the explorations made while l was
secretary OF war, unless he supposed
that his hearers would never examine
those reports for themselves, and, 4
therefore, never discover that, so far
from demonstrating the "startling
advantages" Of the route from Duluth
Puget Sound, they prove eOnclu-
the reverse; nor do I Q how
the assertion in regard to myself
could strengthen his case, unless he
believed that / should never see the
sander, OF seeing it should not con-
s75er il worthy Of notice.
Under my direction as secretary of
= Captain (noW General) A. A,
humphreys had the general charge Of
he Pacific railroad explorations, and
unlimited areport upon all the routes.
Me fQrfes quoted by Mr.. Kelly as
.npear3p0 In my report, also form a
al d the report Of Captain Hum