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the yard for more than twenty years
when cotton, having reached its maxi.
MUM price during the late war, the
family were apprehensive that it might
be stolen, and therefore Mr.. Crowley
was induced to sell his precious bale to
the manufacturer. The goods that were
made of it received the Lexington and
Crowley" stamp. and one good sized
package was presented to him by the
manufacturer, portion of which he be-
slowed upon his relatives and friends
1t is a melancholy fact that the goods
which Mr.. Crowley retained for his own
use were stolen by some unsentimental
and cold blooded burglar.
And thus ends the strange story of the
iron nerved man who lived for more
than two days and two nights on bale
of cotton in the sea. From the windows
or my house at Bonledge see the wreck
of the steamer "Rhode Island" on
board of which, few nights since, I
heard the extraordinary story above,
and recall the earnest tone in which
the speaker said, at the close of his mar
rative:
''The only thing that really fear on
the sound, which have navigated for
fifty years. is fog"
His apprehension was justified in ten
days. time, when, in the thick, impene-
trable darkness, the "Rhode Island"
dashed its life out on the rocks at the
opening of Narragansett bay.
FOR fha sprCT
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AS THEY AvERAGE.-The average
boy believes that he may be happy when
he is man and can do as ne likes. The
average man finds that he cannot do as
he likes, and signs to think he was not
aware of the fact when he was boy
The average maiden imagines that most
husbands are indifferent to their wives,
and that wife may keep man q lover
until he is old enough to die. The aver
age wife finds it about all she can do to
bear and train her children, cook, wash,
sew and keep her house in ''half decent
order" and twice year visit her moth
er who lives six miles away. The aver
age teacher imagiDes that never yet was
one so tired as he, nor had harder lot,
and endured it better. The average
parent of the average scholar thinks
THAT in some things the present teacher
might be improved on. The average
spinster believes that nobody but herself
knows just how to bring up children ;
while the aged grandmother realizes
that most people have to bring up at
least two before they can know how to
bring up one properly. The average
man or woman who has never had the
care of children wonders chow people
can have their houses SO cluttered up
and budgets in every chair" and they
imagine that PERSONS bump of order
must be small, indeed, who cannot sue
cessfully manage by moral suasion any
five ordinary boys and girls. Those
who love and have the care of children
know that they are not like grown peo-
Pile, but must have both playthings and
pets, and physical and mental exercise,
even though there may be budget in
every char, and muddy footprints ON
the floor. So it comes to pass that on an
average each is happy in his own con-
ceit, and would not change himself, his
views and his own life with any man.
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For the SPECTATOR
Letter from Alabama.

MR.. EDITOR 1T has been a long
time since we took up our pen to write
a few lines to the dear old SPECTATOR,
which has made many welcome visits
to the home of the only Augustian liv-
ing in this part of North Alabama.
We are forced to exciaim-
"Year's creep DER us like dream,
That leaves no trace on memory's page
when we realize the fact that years-yes,
years-have elapsed since we said good
bye to the familiar faces of old Augusta
and came far-Of to the Sunny South"
to seek home in the abode of the Myr-
tie and Magnolia.
Well, while you have been enjoying
the gigantic SHOWS and the merry music
of the sleigh bells, we have been endur-
ing rain rain J! RAIN !! !! ! slush slatsh!!
sLUsH!!! mud. muddier, muddiest.
There has scarcely been week without
rain since October 1st. The roads are
almost impossible. We have had q
great amount of cold weather this win
ter, but nothing to compare with the
little unpleasant GOODNESS you have ex.
perienced in old Augusta.
While with you the mercury in the
thermometer was smiling cOquettishly
at 20 degrees below zero, it was content
with the admiration of 6 degrees above
here.
Our coldest day this winter was
Wednesday, December 20, 1880, when
Mr.. Mercury stopped so low as to kiss
Madame Zero early in the morning, but
coolly rose as the Sun peeped from be-
meath the oriental horizon and has since
Stunned the cold reception. We have
had but little snow, our deepest not ex-
ceeding one inch.
Owing to the extremely unfavOrable
fall, many OF the cotton fields are yet
white with cotton, much of which has
been SO injured as to render it worthless.
There will be many acres that will not
be picked at all, from the fact that the
ground must soon be prepared for new
crop.
The cotton market remains steady,
prices ranging from to IL cents accord
ing to grade-receipts falling of, and
ready sales.
The general impression now is, that
the crop of 1880 will not exceed 5000, 900
bales, which is 100000 less than the
expectation. The crop of 1879 was
$500, 900 bales.
We will give you a limited description
of this country in our next. Until then
we are J. G. o.
Florence, Ala, Jan. 25, 1881.
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Bennett's Marriage.
HOW THE FOUNDER OF THE HERALD
ANNOUNCED 1T YEARS AGO.

HOW THE FOUNDER OF THE HERALl
ANNOUNCED 1T YEARS AGO.
The following announcement of tn
impending marriage of James Gordol
Bennett, the elder. written presumably
by himself, and published in the Herald
is one of the curiosities of literature:
To the Readers of the Herold--D Declara
tion of Love-Caught at last-Goine
to be Married-New Movement in
Civilization.
1 am going to be married in a few
days. The weather is so beautiful
times are getting so good-the prospects
of political and moral reform so auspi-
| cious that l cannot resist the devine in
stlnct of Nature any longer-so am go.
ing to be married to one of the most
splendid women in intellect, in soul, in
property, in person, in manner, that I
have yet seen in my interesting pilgrim
age through human life.
l cannot stop in my career; I must
fulfill that awful destiny which the AL
mighty Father has written against my
name in the broad letters of life against
the wall of heaven. I must give the
world pattern of happy welded life,
with all the charities that spring from q
nuptial love. In few days I shall be
married according to the holy rites of
the most holy Christian church to one
of the most remarkable, accomplished
and beautiful young women of the age.
She possesses fortune. I sought and
found a fortune-a large fortune. She
has no Stonington shares or Manhattan
stock, but in purity and uprightness she
is worth half q million of pure coin.-
Can any swindling bank show as much :?
In good sense and elegance another half
a million-in soul, mind and beauty,
millions on millions, equal to the whole
specie of all the. rotten banks in the
world. Happily, the patronage of the
public to the Herald is nearly $25, 900
per annum, almost equal to presidents
salary. But property in the worlds
goods was never my object Fame, pub.
lie good, usefulness in my day and gen
eratiOn-the religious associates of fe-
male excellence-the progress of true
industry-these have been my dreams
by night and my desires by day.
In the new and holy condition into
with the same reverential feelings, as I |
would heaven itself, 1 anticipate some
signal changes in my feelings, in my
views, in my purposes, in my pursuits. |
What they may be know not-time |
alone can tell. My ardent desire has
beea through life to reach the highest
order of human excellence by the short
esq possible cut. Associated night and /
day in sickness and in health, in war
and in peace, with woman of the high
est order of excellence, must produce
some curious results in my heart and
feelings, and these results the future |
will develop in due time in the columns
of the Herald.
Meantime, I return my heartfelt
thanks for the enthusiastic patronage of |
the public. both of Europe and of A meri- |
ca. The holy estate of wedlock will
only increase my desire to be still more |
useful. God Almighty bless you all.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
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WHEN 1 SAW SWEET NELLIE HONE.

BY EDGAR M. DEvAUGHAN.
In the sky the bright stars glittered,
On the snow the moonlight fell,
Hushed the sound of daylight's hustle.
Closed the 'pink-eyed pimperel."
AS adown the snow-trod foot path,
Where those courting lovers roam,
Twas from aunt Annie's birthday party
was seeing Nellie home.
Jet ringlets softly fluttered
Ger brow as white as snow,
And her cheek the crimson sunset,
Scarcely had warmer glow;
Mid her parted lips vermillion,
White teeth flashed like ocean foam:
All marked with pulses throbbing,
While saw dear Nellie home.
When the autumn tinged the greenwood
Turning all its leaves to gold,
In the lawn by sweet vines shaded
I my love to Nellie told;
AS we stood together gazing
On the star bespangled dome
How blessed that lovely evening
When saw sweet Nellie home,
White hairs mingle with my tresses,
Burrows steal upon my brow,
But love smile cheers and blesses
Life's declining moments now;
Matron in thy snowy 'kerchief,
Closer to my bosom come,
Tell me, dos't thou still remember
When saw sweet Nellie home!
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K For the SPECTATOR.
IN MEMORY OF LITTLE CHARLIE +.

Oer the green mountains the rising sun
Foretells a beautiful morn,-
Ere those sunbeams shine forth tomorrow
Our darling will be gone.
Death will end thy patient suffering,
And claim thy soul undefiled,-
Yet humbly we pray to God. if'tis Thy will,
Spare our precious child.
For two lone summers thy gentle life
Has made sad hours bright;
Thy sweet, sunny face. and cheering voice
Has been our hearts delight.
Now, as a fading flower, thou seem'th-
Thy pale lips feebly moan,
Angels walt to bear thee "o'er the river,~
To thy golden home.
Loving parents are tenderly watching,
Ger their lovely-only boy,
While "hovering angels softly whisper,
"In heaven there'll be JOY"
Pure spirit, tits gone! to its Makers throne
One faint struggle, twas free.
Dear Jesus in pity said, "suffer little
Children to come unto me-"
Oh, God! look down in mercy, upon
His fathers aching heart,
And hear his weeping mothers prayers
To them consolation impart
King Davids hope should now arise
That we can go to Him;
'Tis wicked to wish his innocent soul
Back to this world of sin.
Lonely sisters, oftimes now you'll miss
Dear little Brothers love-
When years bring sorrow, then you'll know
That he's better off above.
Weep not, he has gone to his heavenly home,
On that beautiful, beautiful shore
He'll wear golden crown, and, with angels,
Glorify God evermore.
Keep your little hearts pure and clean,
Let them no sin contain
When Jesus calls you, you'll meet
Your angel brother again.
Twas God who gave us his little spirit,
Twas God who called it away
We're blind to blessings and murmur-
But God knows best alway.
Through the twilight, like glistening tears,
thousand stars
Light footsteps upon the threshold tells
Friends are gathering here.
All! to morrow the BELLS mournful toll
In the dark grave he'll lay;
"Dust unto dust" the Lord commanded
His will we must obey.
NH.
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III
PO f II r. Y.

AN HONEST LOVE LETTER.
Dear lady, will you kindly lend
Attention for awhile?
I'm not the man to sue and smirk
To gain a fair ones smile;
Pm far too dull to act the spark,
Too blunt to play the beau,
I'll ask question. plain and brief;
just answer-yes, or no!
can not rave as lovers rave,
Nor swear as lovers swear;
My way is just to pass my word,
And,keep it "fair and square,"
Pm but an honest business man,
AS all my dealings show.
And clinch bargain at the start
With simple-yes, or no!
My tongue is not attuned to talk
OF lovers smarts and darts:
I only know the honest way
Of joining honest hearts.
The deepest waters quiet sleep;
The shadows murmuring flow;
So, all the vow give or ask
Is briefy-yes, or no!
I love you--that's the simple truth;
love you as my life!
And all have or hope to gain
I'd give to call you wife!
I've loved you since the day we met
Twas just year ago
And after thinking for year,
I ask you-yes, or no?
do not promise that your life
Shall be a dream OF bliss;
don't pretend that all my cares
Will vanish at your kiss.
They're pretty sure to miss the mark,
Who draw too long bow;
I ask you-will you take the chancef
Just tell me-yes, or no?
My heart. my fortune, home and name
ask you, then. to share;
If you'll accept I'll be rejoiced,
If not, won't despair;
He's but a fool who stakes his all
lyon single throw;
If you won't have me, some one will,
So is it-yes. or no?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08

Things that will wear are not to be
had cheap. Whether it be fabric or a
principle, if it is to endure it must cost
something. Glitter, tinsel, brilliant
coloring, may all be had without much
expense; but, if we would have strength
firmness and permanence, we must pay
for them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08
As q Cure for Piles

Kidney-Wort acts first by overcoming
in the miidesU manner all tendency to
constipation then, by its great tonic
and invigorating properties, it restores
to health the debilitated parts. We have
hundreds of certified cures, where all
else had failed. Use it and suffer no
longer.-ETchdnge.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08

The man who was approached from
the ear by goat and went over SIX
foot wall and rooted up the grouno LOT
thret rods, on being revived toid the
koch ,r that he hadn't, at the time OF me
accid ent. the slightest idea thar ne WAS
stant ling on railroad track.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08

The happiness of the tender heart is
increased by what it can take away from
the wretchedness of others.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08

In some recent experiments at Paris
the fumes of burning coffee were shown
markable.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08

La dies who appreciate Elegance ana
purity are using Parker's HAIR B@lsan.
1t is the best article sold Tor restoring
gray hair to its original color anu
be ,auty.
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PURELY vEGETAB BILE,

which an alI-wise Providence has placed in
countries where Liver Diseases most prevail
1t will cure all Diseases caused by DE.
rangement of the Liver and Bowels.
THE SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaints are q
bitter or bad taste in the mouth Pain in the
Back Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheu-
maJism; Sour Stomach; Loss of Appetite;
Bowels alternately costive and lax; Headache; !;
Loss of Memory, with painful sensation of
having failed to do something which ought to
have been done; Debility, Low Spirits. a
thick yellow appearance of the Skin and eyes,
q dry Cough often mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of the symptoms attend the
disease at others very few but the LIVER, the
largest organ in the body, is generally the seat
of the disease, and if not Regulated in time,
great suffering wretchedness and DEATH will
enSue.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08

Intellectual pride is less outraged by
the obscurities of faith than by the au-
thcrity with which it is clothed.
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Earnestness of purpose can spring
only from strong convictions.
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

The Cheapest, Purest, and Best Fami.
ly Medicine in the World!
For DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION, Jaun-
dice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Col.
tc. Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH
Heart Burn, &C., &C.
This unrivaIed Southern Remedy is war
nted not to contain a single particle of MER-
Curry, or any injurious mineral substance, but
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$tanntott Spectator.
RATES OF ABvERTISING.

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-08

Ever square mile of the sea contains
fl om two and half to three IONS o'
Ii use-stone.
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Ajudicious silence is better than truth
spoken without charity.
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What is becoming is honorable, and
what is honorable is becoming.
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A MIRACLE IN MAINE "A young
daughter of Mr.. John Robinson, of
Calias, has been perfectly cured of that
terrible affliction, st. Vitus' dance, since
the New Year, by means that have ex-
cited much interest among those ac-
quainted with the facts. Mr.. Robinson
thus relates the particulars of the strange
case: MY little girl, only seven years
old, suffered every hour, night and day,
with the disease, so that she had to be
watched constantly to prevent her fall
ing on the stove and dishes. The phys
icians who attended her said that she
must be sent to the hospital at Augusta
1 related the case to an old man whom
I happened to meet, and told him how
bad l felt at sending her away. He
said that she could be entirely cured in
nine days and that was lucky man
in having the means of cure at my own
home He told me to stand my donkey
with his head to the south then to take
the child and sit her on its back with
her face to the east, and then to pass her
over the donkey's back towards the
west, saying: In the name of the Faith
er, Son and Holy Ghost Following
his instructions. 1 did this for nine
mornings before breakfast. On the
third morning the child began to i'm.
prove and the donkey began to take the
disease From that time to the end O.
the nine days the child grew rapidly
better and the donkey grew worse il
proportion. until it died on Monday, the
10th, after frightful suffering from the
disease. The child is now perfectly re-
stored, having no trace of its trouble
These are the facts, and all the neigh
bors are Witnesses" 1t is certainly
strange case, and that it should continue
to excite much comment is not surpris
ing.-Cdlids Ne Times.
We have no doubt that there are many
who will believe the above. We com
mend it to the believers in "Dr." Johr
Miller, the professed miracle worker
The donkey is as good miracle-worke
as DR.. Miller.
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Write injuries in dust. but kind &c
tons on marble.
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m n week in your own town. SIS Outfit
XkNkN free. No risk. Reader, If you want 8
nVyvy business at which persons of either
sex can make great pay all the time
they work. write for particulars to 81. HALLETT
& Co., Portland Maine. jyl3-8m
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CAUTION.

AS there are a number of limitations offered
to the public, we would caution the communf. i.
ty to buy no Powders or Prepared SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR unless in white wrappers,
and has the red letter z and Mortar in the front
and is made by J. HI. ZEILIN u CO.
I'VE have tested its virtues. rersonally, and
know that for Dyspepsia, Biliousness and
Throbbipg Headache, it is the best nledi-
other remedies before Simmons Liver Regula.
tor, but none of them gave us more than tenn
porary relief; but the Regulator not only re-
lieved, but cured us."-ED. TELEGRAPH AND
MESSENGER, Macon, Ga.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
janlI-Iy SOLD RY ALL DRIJGGJSTS
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John Wesley.

In Green's History of the English
People we find the following magnifi-
cent tribute to the life and labors of
John Wesley:
THE great body which he thus found
ed numbered a hundred thousand MEM
bers at his death, and now counts its
members in England and America by
millions, But the Methodists them
selves were the least result of the Metho-
dist revival. Its action upon the church
broke the lethargy of the clergy; and
the "Evangelical" movement, which
found Representatives like Newton and
Cecil within the pale of the Establish
ment, made the fox hunting parson and
the absentee rector at last impossible
In Walpole's day the English clergy
were the idlest and the most lifeless in
the world. In our own day no body of
religious ministers surpass them in
piety, in philanthropic energy, or in
popular regard. In the nation at large
a new moral enthusiasm, which, rigid
and pedantic as it often seemed, was
still healthy in its social tone, and whose
power was seen in the disappearance of
the protgacy which had disgraced the
upper classes, and the foulness which
had infested literature ever since the
Restoration. A new philanthropy re-
formed our prisons, infused elemency
and wisdom inlO our penal laws, abolish
ed the slave trade, and gave the first
impulse to popular education"
Several interesting facts relating to
Wesley have lately come to light
Methodists have frequently been distin.
guished for noisiness in their services,
but it appears that John Wesley very
strongly condemned shouting and
screaming in the sanctuary. He sol
emnly warned preachers against too
much noise in the pulpit. Still more
curious is the recent discovery, through
the London Christian World, that Yves.
| ley held views on eternal torment very
similar to those advocated by Canon
Farrar In our judgment, Wesley will
live in History as the founder of liberal
ism in religious thought. In that re-
spect he was more advanced than ART
some of those who belong to the Metho
dist Church IN our day. On the whole
it is probable that at the present time
| Wesle, g life work can be traced as dis
tinctIy in the condition of other Church
es as in that of the denomination he es'
tablished The Methodists cannot claim
monopoly of Wesley's usefulness
Farn1viile Mercasry.
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WIN. A. HUDSON. WM PATRICK.
HUDSON & PATRICK,
IL ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, VA,
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and
adjoining counties. Special attention paid to
collections, febl2-tf
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II. NJ. MATHEWS. ALEX. r. MATTHEW'S.
XXx TTORNEYS-AT-LAW
LEwISBURG. WEST VA.,
practice regularly in thu Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of W. Va.
A@Particular attention paid to Collections
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

m #. BLISS, M, D..
IL PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, & OCULIST,
Special attention given to Diseases of Women
ana Diseases of the Eye and Ear.
OEFICE-Emnger Building, Frederick Street.
Ofhce HOurs-9 q. m. to o. m.
Residence "Kalorama." ~ Night calls an
swered from Kalorama. dec7-tf
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OFFICE in Chapman's Block, opposite Staun-
ton Opera House, Main st. janN-tf
~ A. RICHARDSON.
VI ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
Special attention given to the collection of
claims, and prompt returns made.
COURTS-Augusta and Rockingham,
OFFICE-No. Law Building. oct7
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]. E. GUY. r. L. PARRISH.
GUY 4 PARRISH.
" ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
Office in Sullivan Building End floor, Angus
Street. dec4-tf