Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-09-02

PERSONAL---VERY.. VIM. E. Baker and Rev.
w. T. Richardson have arrived in New York
from their European tour and will be here this
week. 1t is expected that Mr.. Baker will arrive
here on Thursday and Mr.. Richardson on Sat-
urday Their tour has been an interesting and
pleasant one Weare pleased to announce their
safe return across the briny Deep to ''their own,
their native land"
Mr.. Newton A. Baylor, son of Col. Geo. Bay
lor deceased, formerly of this place, who has
been residing for the past IS months in the
Northern part of Missouri, arrived here on
Thursday last On visit to his relatives and
friends in this city and county. His counsel to
those in this Valley who are doing pretty we'll
is that they should remain here. This is good
advice, and we hope that our citizens will act
upon it. and never desert the Valley; at least,
never remove from tho State. Virginia needs
all her sons and they should not desert her.
S. M. Wilkes left this morning for Cincinnati
and Indiana for the purpose of buying lumber
and furniture.
Captain A. P. Piper, of General Robert Il.
Lees Body Guard, now leading lawyer IN
Newberry, S. c., was on visit to his Valley
friends here last week. He reports the "haf has
not been told'' in regard to what the Radicals
have done in that State.
Theo. F. Shuey. of u S. s. reportorial corps,
called on us yesterday, looking and doing well.
CONDITION OF Col. JNo. B. BALDwIN.-It
affords US very great pleasure to be enabled to
state that Col. Baldwin's condition is now favor
able to his restoration to health. For time
during the past week he was very i'll, with the
chances greatly against his recovery. But the
crisis has passed, and the chances now are
greatly in favor of his restoration.
This intelligence will be hailed with pleasure,
not only in this County and State. where he is
best known and most beloved, but throughout
the country, for his fame and the appreciation of
his sterling character and eminent worth, both
as public and private citizen, are as widespread
our whole country.
His prostration, which was so near resulting
fatally, was the result of too much mental labor,
accompanied by deranged digestive organs. The
mind was too actively exercised for the body
the sword was wearing out the scabbard.
We hope that bysour next issue we will be en-
abled to announce his complete recovery, as he is
now decidedly convalescent, without any appa-
rent traces of organic disease
Our foreign correspondent, &C. A. b." who,
in the past two months, has written us series
of interesting letters from different European
capitols, which we have been publishing in the
Spectator, has now returned home. so that OF
course we will have no more letters TO present
to our readers, but we are happy to state that
an arrangement has been made with this gentle
man to furnish US occasional articles on the large
cities and capitals of the various countries in
Europe as we'll as other special objects of inter-
est that he has visited. We vouch for these con-
tributions being interesting and instructive
This number of the Spectator being already
crowded with previous matter, the communica-
tions referred to will begin in our next issue over
the signature of Ocular"
Our Monterey (Highland) correspondent
writes: ''Our little village is now blessed with
church, and we no longer carry chairs to the
Courthouse. The Rev. c. S. M. See, together
with good o-ahead Building Committee, have
succeeded in erecting neat and comfortable
Presbyterian church. 1t was dedicated on Sun
day last-the sermon preached by Rev. T.
Fletcher, of Churchville, to a congregation OF
about $50 We expected good sermon and
were not dlsappOlnLeu. Our iarlhers arc oo"H
in the mouth"-many Of them have quantity
of hay cut down, whilst the rain is holding it
down and has been for week. No Narraw
Guage as yet but they are digging"
LUNAR RAINBow.-About 9 o'clock on the
night of the Goth ult, at Fort Spring, W. Va,
perfect lunar rainbow was witnessed. Our cor
respondent says that directly overhead the
moon was shining brightly, and the bow was APP
parently against the side of the mountain, about
half mile up Greenbrier river" and was "as
bright any ever seen by daylight"
Lunar rainbows are not often seen. and this
seems to have been one of the brightest ever
witnessed.