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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29
THAT BOY.

praDdtss persannoe.-A young Amer
lean in roundabout and leggins, perched
upon the fence devouring huge piece
of mince pie, and maiden of five sum-
mers, in pantalettes, looking very wish
fully at the gormand on the fence
Young Amaericd.-"I say. sis, does your
mar make mince pies !? If she does III
bet they amt SO good as my mars. -
Little Hiss (ti-1idly)-"I like mince pie
awful WELL" Young Anaer,co- "Well,
now, that's funny! Just look here
drawing quarter of pie out of his
jacket pocket) and it's boss, too! Amt
my mar good?" Carefully slowing it
away in his pocket. That boy sis faith
er to the man" who must have his CT
gars and any other masculine luxury
his contemplate selAshness Graves.
while his poor sickly wife must do the
work of two women ("girls waste more
than they earn" he says), and for
the want Of little money to purchase a
few bottles of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, the sovereign remedy for fe-
male diseases and weaknesses, she is lit
orally dying by inches-and all because
OF that masculine selfishness that would
not divide the childish luxury with his
playmate, and now taoitly refuses his
wife the luxury of health.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

CAPT. CAMM PATTESON falls into q
common errorin assuming that, because
there is not specie enough in the country
to pay the public debt, therefore it can
never be paid in specie. Now, if the
debt had to be paid all at once, this
might be an impossibility. Butitshould
be remembered that hundred dollars
may, in passing from hand to hand, pay
more than thousand dollars of indebt-
edness. The Government has paid off
about one third Of the debt existing at
the end of the war, and there is more
coin in the country now than there was
then. And when the whole eighteen
hundred millions shall have been paid
off, there will be still more specie in the
country than there is to day. All the
food and raiment that Virginia will re-
quire in the next twenty years, could
not be conveniently had ju-t now, but
it will be forthcoming as it shall be need
ed. 1t should be remembered also that
the bonds Of the Government mature at
different periods, and when any consid-
cradle number of them are paid off, the
money goes back into circulation, and
will be available to pay off later matur.
ing obligations. There are very few men
in business, who do not, in the course of
twenty years, handle vastly more money
than they are worth, or could command
at any one time. 1t often happens too.
that men go in debt for property when
they have nothing to pay with. But
give them time, and even slowly accu-
INFLATED savings will bring them out
And so it may be with Government
that is in debt.-Lynch. Tyginidn.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

UNWARRANTED.-O in Augusta
the activity and enthusiasm of General
Echols' friends seem to give Judge Har-
ris much concern. He is out in another
card in which he complains because the
friends of his competitor propose to
make an active canvass of Augusta coun-
ty, and, with his usual assurance. speaks
of the gentlemen who will address the
people in behalf of Gen. Eohols as "a
combination" Did you ever? Has it
come to this, that nobody dare lift his
voice against Judge Harris and the per
nicious public policy which he advo
Gates, unless the Judge be present? In
stead of his whine of "unfairness. ~
which is but an attempt to excite sym-
pathy, would it not be more profitable
for Judge Harris to send his friends out
in Augusta to discuss public questions
with The friends of Gen. Echols? And
this he would probably do, if he had
any friends in that county competent to
the task. The men of old Augusta who
can talk are all heart and soul with
Echols.-Marlottesvilze Chronicle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

CHARLOTTE, N. c., October a4.-To.
day, at Lumberton, N. c., small town
between this place and Wilmington,
Miss Amelia Linkhaw considered a
highly-respectable young LADY, called at
Runche's Hotel for Mr.. Ed. Hartman,
a commercial traveller for Baltimore
grocery firm. Hartman went into the
parlor to meet the lady, who advanced
to shake hands with him. While doing
so she drew a pistol and shot him
through the bowels, exclaiming, "You
ruined me, and I will now ruin you."-
1t is said that Hartman promised to
marry Miss Linkhaw some months ago.
He will probably die tonight.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29
$tauntott Spectator.
TUESDAY. OCTOBER..ss, 1873.

AMERICAN PRIZES AT THE PARIS
ExH1B1T1oN.-The following names APP
pear in the complete lists of prizes
awarded to American exhibitors at the
Paris exhibition, at the formal distri-
button: Gold medals-To Louis Nc
Murray & Co., of Baltimore, oysters
in cans; Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Nd, publications, catalogues and views ;
Richardson & Robbins, Dover, Del,
canned tongue, game, meats and pre-
served fruits. Silver medals. F. AL.
len & Co., Richmond. Va, tobacco in
all forms; H. H. Doty, Washington
city, lamp for lighthouses J. B. Ficklin
& Co., Fredericksburg, Va, flour, corn
and corn meal, wheat and maize; Lob
dell Car Wheel Company, Wilmington
Del, (three silver medals,) cast chilled
iron car wheels and cast chilled iron
rolls for calendering paper; Monticello
Wine Company, Charlottesville, Va.
wine; Macatee & Bro, Front Royal
Va, sumac in various stages of manu-
facture; Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company, Philadelphia, American
locomotive; German Smith, Winches
ter, Va, sumac, Qeaf and ground,
quercitron bark; Chas. M. Stief, Balti
more, upright grand planes; w. Il
Trowbridge, Va, smoking tobacco; J
S. Young & Co., Hanover, Pa, querci
tron bark. bottled, ground and extract
Bronze medals-Henry McShane & Co.
Baltimore, church bells and mountings
Taylor Manufacturing Company, West
minister, Nd, agricultural engines an
machines, two bronze medals; M. s
Valentine, Richmond, Va, meat juices
Honorable mention-J. w. Davis
Washington, D. c., the Davis elevatin
telescope signal; Green Serpentin
Marble Company. Wilmington, Del
Maryland serpentine or "verde antique
marble; M. Hayes, Dover, Del, cereals
Taylor Manu- acturing Company, West
minister, Nd, agricultural implements
Trump Bros, Wilmington, Del, powe
scroll saw.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

During Mr.. Randall's speech in Phil
adelphia, Pe,, on last Wednesday night
brickbat, thrown at him by some
one in the crowd, passed within an inch
or two of his head. AS the outrage
was perpetrated by republican, and in
republican city, and as the intended
victim is a democrat, the republican
party will not 'attsmpt to remedy it,
If democrat were to throw a stone al
a republican speaker, in southern
city, the whole radical press would ring
with the "outrage"-but circumstance
alter cases,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

In discussion in Botetourt, the 14th
inst, between Patteson and Tucker the
former charged the latter with having
done little towards the removal of tax on
tobacco. A correspondent of the Dis
patch says: "In his rejoinder, Tucker
read several passages from a letter from
a gentleman from Buckingham, whose
name he did not call, highly applauding
his course on the tobacco tax, and then
he said; "Fellow-citizens, who do you
suppose wrote that letter 2" A profound
silence prevailed for a moment, when
Ran, with one of his expressive looks
turned to poor Patteson, and said: 'As
Nathan said unto David, thou art the
man. The effect can be imagined"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Provisions are now so cheap, and the
whole cost of living has been reduced so
much in this country, that manufac-
turers have been permitted to cut down
the wages of labor to figure that ena-
bles them to turn out their goods at less
cost than their foreign competitors, and
yet they oppose free trade, apparently
blind to the fact that the removal of the
almost prohibitory tariff upon foreign
goods, by increasing the importation of
those goods would, by supplying for
eigners with the required means, enable
them to increase their orders for Amer
can goods, and thus by creating an in
creased demand for these goods, neces-
sarily increase the amount of labor re-
quisite to supply it, and consequently be
advantageous not only to themselves,
but to thousands of their now idle coun-
trymen.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

A MODEL GREENBACKER.-A legal
friend at Lovingston sends us some pa
pers of rare interest, being nothing less
than records of Q land sale made by
Alex. Mosely, the venerable editor of the
Richmond Wing, to another party, on
the 18th day of October, 1865. Now,
Mr.. Mosely had an unquestioned right
to sell his land, or any other property
he owned. And he had also the right
to sell it for greenbacks, or chips and
whetstonss, if he wanted to do so. This
is no concern of ours, nos does it concern
the public, except to know how the pre-
sent greenback champion of Virginia,
the great advocate Of fiat money, regard
ed paper currency in 1866. 1t is only to
satisfy curiosity on this point that we
allude to private transaction. We were,
at the period named, just eighteen
months removed from the era of inflated
paper money, and we may well imagine
that the editor of the Wing had whole
some dread of any money that was not
as good as gold: The public may be
sure, therefore, that he did not sell his
land for the "fiat'' money that bore the
stamp of the Confederate States-as good
''irredeemable' money as ever was
printed. There wasn't particle of
danger that it would go out of the coun-
try to lessen.the volume of currency
here and yet our fiat" money friend
would none of 1t, but, on the contrary,
he demanded foreign money-not notes
of the Bank of England, or France, or
even of Venice, that he has since laud.
ed SO highly, but pounds sterling! Yes,
British gold, and nothing Of less value.
Now, a who Xaald bay baye thought that Of
had plenty of greenbacks and national
bank notes in the country he would not
accept these promises tospay j but real
money, not American coin, with its
alloy, but the pure gold of Britain he
must have, and nothing less. No fiat
money, no coin with even a spurious
grain in it, for him, in 1866! But what
a change has come over the spirit of his
dreams since. The public would like to
know what has wrought 1t. Let US have
the MISUNDERSTANDING I9ryin-
ian.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Delegates from the several greenback
clubs throughout the State of Massa
chusetts met In convention Wednesday
at Boston. The regular gceenback State
ticket, which was left incomplete by the
Worcester convention, was filled by the
following nominations For Lieutenant
Governor, John F. Arnold, of North
Adams; Secretary Of State, Weston
Rowland, of Fair Haven; Treasurer
and Receiver General, Horace Binney
Sargent, Of Boston, Auditor, Davis J..
King, of Boston,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

If it were not for the fact that the time
of life at which one is most liable to be-
come insane is between the ages of
twenty and thirty, and for several 9TH
ers, as apparent as convincing, the
greenback movement would afford
strong grounds for anticipating heavy
and early strain on the capacity of the
several insane asylums throughout the
country.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The first class to suffer the ill effects
of an imitation of the currency is the Ia
boring class. For wages never keep
pace with prices when prices are the on
the rise. Labor in imitation times is
the cheapest thing in market after
money. This is one Of the reasons why
the rich will grow richer and the poor
poorer if the greenbackers triumph.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

No wonder that New Orleans has
been scourged by yellow fever. A spe-
cial committee reports that up to Au-
gust the garbage of the city was dumped
in a public square to form a founda-
ton for a statue of General R. E. Lee,
and that carbolic acid was powerless in
attempting to neutralize the stencil of
the nuisance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29
Here is an item of interest to the stock

Here is an item of interest to the stock.
raisers ofVirginia, which we COPY from
an exchange, that says:
"The large importations of American
cattle into Great Britain is telling disas-
trously on the German stock raisers.-
The farmers of Schleswig and Holstein
have petitioned the German Chancellor
to intercede for them with the British
Government, with view to a speedy
re-opening of the Ellington cattle mar
ket to live cattle coming from the
duchies. The English markets have
been closed to the beasts imported from
that quarter, as it is believed that the
German cattle breed disease among the
British cattle, and the American stock
is in demand. The decrease in the ex-
ports of live cattle from Schleswig and
Holsteln amounts to 1000 week, and
the effect ofthis elimination is verv seri-
GUS to the Inhabitants of those prov
inces."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

DEATH OF. MRS. CowARD1N.-Mrs.
James A Cowardin, wife of the venera-
BILE editor of the Dispatch, died Sunday
evening, the Goth inst, at the Valentine
House after long and painful illness,
aged fifty-nine years. Amiable in dis
position and benevolent in her walk
through life, she was greatly beloved,
and her death will be lamented by the
entire community. She was sister of
Mr.. John Purcell, Mr.. James Purcell
and Mr.. G. w. Purcell. The funeral
will take place IN the morning from st.
Peters Cathedral State, 21st inst.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Senator Thurman will, it is announced
in Cincinnati, make one or two speeches
in Pennsylvania shortly. Hon. George
81. Pendleton is also announced for a
half dozen speeches in that State, and
Senator Bayard spoke in Philadel-
phia on Saturday evening last in reply
to the recent speech of Senator Conk-
ling in that city.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The Indianapolis Sentinel announ ces
that ex Governor Hendricks goes be-
fore the country as the unanimous
choice of the democratic press of IDdi-
ana for presidential candidate in 1880,
and that the press in this respect but
reflects the sentiments of the people OF
the State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The Philadelphia Court of Common
Pleas decided day or two age that for
the purposes of voting a person is, in
point of law, at the age of twenty-one
years the day before the twenty-first an
niversary of his birthday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Mr.. Fielding Lewis, of King George
county, Va, descendant of George
Washington, died week before last. His
wife was Miss Greene, of Georgetown,
a sister of the wife of the late Prince
Yturbidi, of Mexico. whose son was
adopted by the Emperor Macmillan.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Quinine was So an ounce when the
Russo Turkish war began. Last fall it
rose to So so; after the close of the war
it declined, but again under the influ-
ence of the sickness of the armies still
occupying the field, and large South
American demand, it has advanced to
81 so per ounce.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The Treasury department has COM
menced the purchase of gold bullion al
Charlotte, N. G., for Greenbacks. The
purchases average about S., 900 per week.
The bullion is shipped to Philadelphia
for coinage. Purchases in like man
ner will be commenced at Denver, Col.
within the next few days.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

jeff. Davis, Jr.. whose death in Mem
phis from yellow fever has been an
nounced. was in Louisville few weeks
since. He was then on his way South
from the North, in company with his
married sister. He was asked fine did
not fear to return while the epidemic
was at its worst, but be replied that his
sister wished to be at the side of her hus-
band, who was in Memphis, and he felt
it his duty to accompany her. He was
not in the least apprehensive for him.
self, and the news of his death is par
ticularly shocking to those who met him
here, and who remember him as an ex-
ceedingly amiable young gentleman
Louisville Courier. Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

William Lloyd Garrison celebrated
the sixtieth anniversary of his appren-
ticeship in the Newburyport Herald
office few days ago by putting in type
one of his own poems from memory.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The American Public Health Associa-
ton meets in Richmond November 10,
and will continue in session until the
22nd. There will be addresses by the
Governor of Virginia and the President
of the association. The report of the
yellow fever commission will be receiv-
ed; also other sanitary records and re-
SORTS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

UNITED AFTER MANY YEARs.-In
1852, young man af Bastrop, Texas
enlisted in the Union army, leaving be-
hind him his lady love, a beautiful girl
of l6. No letters came from him after
Charlottesville, Va, but two weeks
ago he returned, after many adventures
in foreign lands, claimed the hand OF
the lady, who ha6 remained faithful to
bis memory, and was quietly married
to her,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

When we arrive at an understanding
of the political polemics, by which a
debt payer and redeemable currency
man justifies his Commitment to
forcible REIMBURSEMENT and fiat money.
we will no longer wonder why Adam
ate apples out of -Hurrison5urq
Commonwealth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

AMERICANS DECORATED.-The fol-
Lowing Americans have received deco
rations of the Legion of Honor: Com.
missioner. General Richard G. McCor-
mick, who is made commander; Prof.
F. A. P. Barnard and William W.
Story, who are made officers, and Au'
guste HI. Girard, secretary to the com
missioner general, Henry Pettet, en-
gineer and architect of the commission
er generals staff; Thomas r. Pickering
superintendent of the machinery sec
ton; Lieut.. Benz. H. Buckingham, U
S. N, naval attache John D. Philbrick
superintendent of the educational sec
ton; d. Maitland Armstrong, super
intendent of the fine arts section; Prof
Andrew D. White, L. L. D., juror
Prof. VIM. P. Blake, juror, and Prof
Edward H. Knight, L. L. D., juror, are
made chevaliers. Cyrus II. Mccormick
and Walter A. Wood, who were in 1885,
made chevaliers, have been raised to Of
ficers. Charles Tiffany, silverware
Thomas A Edison, photograph, Elisha
Gray, telephone. James Brewster, car.
risges, and F. A. Bridgman are made
chevaliers. The United States marines
made fine appearance in the display
Cotton factories and cotton seed mills
are constantly increasing in the South,
A little establishment near Westmin.
ster, Ga, of which the machinery cost
$500, turns out about $27 worth Of
manufactured goods daily, and employs
eight hands at fifty cents a day. The
village consumes the product, and the
owners, who are also planters, obtain a
vastly higher price for their cotton than
if they shipped it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Judah P. Benjamin, formerly of Louis.
lana, once Jeff. Davis secretary of state
and now one of the Queens counsel
London, has contributed $500 to the relief
of the yellow fever sufferers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The Buffalo Express proposes this
conundrum: "Can country be very
"hard up" which consumes $4,000, 900
gallons Of whisky, 100000 barrels of
beer and 1000, 900, 900 cigars in single
year?U
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

DR.. Talmage's sermon based upon his
recent still hunt through the New York
dancing houses, gambling bells, and
other haunts of vice, is said to be the
ablest sermon of his life. He said that
the houses of iniquity of New York
were supported by the husbands and
fathers of the fashionable society of that
city. He proposes before he closes his
series OF sermons on this subject, to read
out some of the names of those who
frequent such places. His text was,
Policeman. what of the night?"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

1t is melancholy, says Ouida in her
latest novel, to see how large the proper
ton is of young ladies who marry solely
in order to get rid of their mothers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

w. 0. Avery, who was put in the PEN
itentiary for completely in the crooked
whiskey cases, has sued Gen. Butler for
$500 paid him as fee, but for which he
rendred no service.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Peter Cooper is SO, and as fresh as if
only turning the quarter pole. He has
been halter, coachmaker, 'phi!anthro-
pist, and Presidential candidate.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The young Duke of Norfolk will soon
be in receipt of an income of 81 500, 600
from his Sheffield possessions.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

It is stated that over 500 blast furnaces
and So, 900 pudding furnaces are now
lying idle in England, and that the list
is daily increasing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Judge Christian, of Richmond, has
revoked the licenses of several LIQUOR
dealers in that city for noncompliance
with the provisions of the whisky regis
for To- nm
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Gen. Sherman expressed the opinion
few days since to a Richmond gentle
man that General Joseph E. Johnston
ought to be sent to Congress without
OppOsitinn
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

The Richmond Dispatch very forc;-
bly, says reflection and investigation
are as fatal to the Greenbacker's theo-
ries as are acids to counterfeit coin."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Hon. Alexander H. Stephens made
$35, 900 by the sale of his "Constitution-
al View of the War;
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

In order to vote at the November
election, the voter must have paid his
capitation tax for 1877,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Samuel J. Tilden is engaged to be
married to st. Louis belle, and the
wedding will take place within three
months.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

A bass weighing six pounds was
caught in the Potomac at dam No. 6
last week.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Whittier and Longfellow are selling
their autographs for the benefit of the
yellow fever sufferers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

A fellow was hanged in Texas the 9TH
er day who confessed to thirty two
murders.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

There is one solitary Republican in
the Arkansas State Senate. The Door
man feels as lonesome as an old Turkey
gobbler the morning after Thanksgiv.
ing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Miss Mollie Fansher, according to a
report in the New York Herald, has
lived fourteen years without nourish-
ment.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Mr.. W. w. Corcoran of Washington
has subscribed 1000 to the fund for a
hall for the Virginia Historical Society.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

ENOR SALE.-One of the finest residences in
the City of Staunton, elegant location con-
tanning all modern improvements. Terms &C.
communicating. For further particulars as to
terms, &c. Apply to the undersigned.
HUDSON & PATRICK.
,.,- Attorneys,
July zS'u Wiz. copy StauntOn, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-29

Rev. DR.. Ingram, of Scotland, is the
oldest clergyman in the world. His age
il 1O3.