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/. WHOLESALE
Shoe and Leather Store

lust opened at No. IL, South Front, 6 doors
= below Market.strec., where the subscribers
offer for sale,
10000 pair first qualify mems coarse SHOES
5000 do. second do. do. do. do.
10000 do. first do. do. lined & bound no.
1000 do. first do. do calf and seal do.
y LOCO do. do. do. do. leather & pink
lined do.
4 1000 pair = ems laced BOOTS,
1000 do boys coarse aud fisie SHOES,
1000 do. do laced ROOTS s. JEFFEHsoNs.
10000 do. womens' SHOES, we'll assorted.
ALSO,
handsome assortment of LEATHER, which
they will dispose of on such terms as are calcu
lated to invite the dealers in the above articles
ALEXANDER CLAY & Co.
Philadelphia, March 4, 1914 wem
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SUPERIOR,

,AAAASeGGAh<1Df II ID 70 n ~ lr u II u A Y,
CxTEEN hands high, s. well proportioned,
~ rising seven years oid--WILL STAND, the
ensuing Season, at our Stable, in Louisa coun.
ty, near the Courthouse, on the Southanna Xiv
er, and also at s.
SUPERIOR will be Let to Mares at FIVE
DOLLARS the Leap. to be paid when the Mare
IS covered; TEN DOLLARS the Season, paya.
bic at Christmas but to be discharged by the
payment OF SEVEN, at any time within the
Season-and FOURTEEN DOLLARS TO insure
Mare in foal. In either case IS cents to the
Groom. The Season will commence the LIST day
OF March, and expire the 3lst day OF July. -
Persons sending Mares from distance, will be
accommodated with pasturage ats, and grain
at the Market price, at the su Sscribers'-
they will not be responsible for escapes or acct
dents.
Nj. POlNDEXTER.
WILLIAM BARRETT. s
Feb 9th. - -.
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DRUNKENNESS AND GAHBLINa

In New-Jcrsey an act has been passed to
vest in trustees the estates ofhabitual drunk
ards and gamblers. and to prevent drunken
ness and gambling. After the conviction
of these crimes, no act or deed is valid in
law respecting their estates.
(And great is the pity that such a law
does not exist in every other State, town and
sOciety in the worldly
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ATTENTION.!
Stop the Deserters I!

INSERTED the detachment, on its march
II from Cumberland county, 18th regiment,
on the first of January last, WILLIAM OS.
BOURN, aprivate, about feet 10 inches high,
a down look when spoken to, blue eyes, sup
posed to be 80 years old.-Also DAVID NOR
RiS, aprivate, who deserted the camp at Nor
io!k, about the FIST Of February dark skin.
down look, about feet 10 inches high. The
reward OF ten dollars will be given to any one
who viii deliver either of the above deserters to
me at Lambert's Point. near Norfolk.
ID. A. ALLEN, Captain,
Laanbert's Point.
March 81, 1914. WI
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VIRGINIA:
lfa SUPERIOR Court Of Chancery,
holden at the Capitol in Richmoad, fhe SRI
day Of February, 1913.
GREEN CLAY, Plaintiff.
Eieazar Clay, Charles Clay, Thomas Clay, Mat.
thew Clay, Mary, Locket, Elizabeth Murray.
William Thaxton and Lucy his wife. Priscil
la Clay, and Hopkins Lewis and Martha Ills
wife, Defu,1,n,, :
HIS cause came on this day TO be heard on
4 the papers formerly read, and the report
OF commissioners Parsons, pursuant to the order
OF the seventh day of March, ono thousand light
hundred and seven, with exceptions thercunto,
and was argued by counseI On consideration
whereof the court, setting aside the said order
OF the seventh day OF March. one thousand
eight hundred and seven, and the proceedings
therein since that time, doth adiudge, order
and decree, that Thomas Miller, James Clarke
and Ludwell Bracket, or any two of them who
are appointed commissioners, do divide the re-
al estate OF which Charles Clay, the father of all
the parties Except William Tliaxton and Hop
kins Lewis) died seized, among such of the
parties as cbose to come into the partition. and
VIII bring into hotchpot with the estate de-
scended, such Announcements as any of them have
received from the said Charles the father, in
his life time, and make report Of their proceed
lngs to the court, with any matters deemed per-
tnent by themselves, or required by the par
ties to be specially stated.
A Copy--Testc,
WIN. w HENING, &C.
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Boarding Wanted.

BY Gentleman and his Lady, in a respectable
private family, in the vicinity of the Cap,toI.--
line address, d to A. B. and left at this office
will be Immediately attended to.
March 22d, 1914 G
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VIRGINIA:
ut a .Suberlo, Court of Chancery,

ut a Superior Court of Chancery,
holden ar ihe Capitol in the City Of Riclrs ond,
the 27fh day Of January, 1914.
Matthew Clay, Plaintiff
AGAINST
Sarah Williams, executrix of joseph Williams.
and administrative OF Robert Williams. John
Call and Lucinda his wife. William Williams
4 John D. Scott. executors of Elizabeth Will.
liams, widow, and John Robert williams, an
infant son OF John Williams deceased, by the
said Elizabeth Williams his guardian. lanes
Chalmers, Sarah Chalmers, late Sarah Wat.
2 kins, widow and administrators, and Mourn.
ing Micajah Watkins, an infant daughter
OF Micajah Watkins, deceased, by Henry T..
Coleman her guardian, and Nathaniel WASH.
ington Williams, Martha Williams and Fanny
Williams. by Sarah Williams their guardian,
James Vaughan. executor of Thomas Lanier,
Joseph Williams. who was appointed by the
said Joseph Williams, decd, an ex'or to his
will, & the heirs, executors or administrators
OF Richard Harrison, deceased, Defendants.
his Cause came on this day to be heard ou
the papers formerly read, and the report of
commissioner Nicholson, pursuant to the order
OF the 2lst day o; June 1871, and was argued by
counsel: On consideration whereof, and be-
cause the new parties made by the amended
bill, filed since the said order of reference 10 a
commissioner, were not properly before the
court at the time the said order was entered.
and against whom the plaintiff now do have
proceeded, IN the mode prescribed by law, a.
gamst the absent defendants: (and they. still
failing to appear and answer,) the court doth
recommit the report TO the commissioner who
made it, although the same, in other respects
may be right and correct, for him to consider
and report thereupon.
Ga copy--Teste)
WM. w. HENING, C. C..
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The Pennsylvania legislature have pass
ed the bill into law Incorporating forty-two
new banks, two thirds of both houses voting
for it Notwithstanding the Governors objec-
lions.
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TOUNG H1cATOGA.
AA.

THIS celebrated and much admired HORSE,
so generally known and esteemed for his Colts
as fine and pleasant riding Horses--will stand.
the ensuing season in the counties Of Powhs-
tan and Chesterfield, at such places as may best
suit those who may choose to breed from him.
The particular stands will be made known At
the begInnng Of the season, which will COM
mencc very early in April.
LEWIS SHEARLEY.
Louisa, March 8. wtIsiA.
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BY Virtue of the foregoing decree. We. the
undersigned commissioners therein named. will
meet at Hugh French's tavern, in the county of
Powbatan, on the 10Th day of May next, Tor the
purpose Of dividing the estate of Charles CLAY.
deceased, among such of the parties as chose
TO come into the partition, according to the
terms of the said decree.
THOMAS MILLER
LUDWELL BRACKETT
JAS. CLARKE.
Powhatan, Feb. Is, 1914. w8w
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THE co-PARrxERsHlp OF
ALBAN GILPIN & Co.

is DISSOLVED. ".
The papers belonging to the concern are in the
hands OF William Archer, Esquire, attorney at
law, Powhatan.
2w. March %, 1914.
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Land for Sale.

ME subscriber. will sell tract of land, COM
taining aocnt $50 acres, with very good
dwelling house, together with outhouses, and;
agood orchard ofvarious kinds Of fruit trees
There are about IS acres of good meadow Land.
The said land is about miles from Richmond,
living at the head ofBig branch, near. the Seven
pines, directly on the Williamsburg road-Fo
particulars apply to
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS.
March 2S' All
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Land for Sale.
I WOULD WISH TO SELLE
10 or 1900 Acres Of Land

Lying in the County Of Orange,
On the road leading from Swift Run to Orange
courthouse, and in less than mile from the
latter place. The greater part of this land Is
IN its original growth, and the tract equal II.
value to any high land in the state. There is
on 1T from sixty to seventy acres of the very
first rate low grounds. The land will be shewn
by myself, OF. in my absence, by Mi. Robert
Brock, living on the premises.
THOMAS MACON.
February 8. 2m.
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BELLEMEADE :

bounded by James river for more than 8 miles.
and containing large body of rich low grounds.
IS now under survey-Five sixths of It will be
advertised, with more particular description,
to be sold on the premises, on Tuesday 18th
May next. MIR. James Tucker, living on the
IT, March IS, 1914
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1T valuable estate belonging 70 the heirs
= OF the late Charles Logan, Esq. decd. in
Powhatan, county, called
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Feb. 9th.
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CHRIsTIAN MORALS

Hanna Moore, in her late work entitled
" christian Morais,' concludes some nv ssu.
tary remarks ON the Bible, Society of England,
in the following Words" 1t is indeed a spec
tacie to warm the coolest and soften The hardest
heart, TO behold men of the first rank and n.
Tents, statesmen who have never met but TO OBJ.
pose each other, orators who have never spoken
but to differ, each strenuous in what il rs. pre-
sumed he believes right, renouncing every in
terfering interest, sacrificing every Earring OPT.
Mon. forgetting ell in Which they differed, and
thinking only on that in which they agrees each
yeconciteato his Brother, and ieavius his i at .hs
altar, Offering UP every resentment at the foot
otthe Cross: There might b. two opinions how
men should be governed; there can tie but one
whether they should be saved" .
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New Publications.

9ist Recsived and For Sale at this Office,
g PEECHEs Of the Right Honorable Henry
- Grattan, with predatory observations the
whole comprising briefreview of tic most i'm.
poitant historical events in the History ofIre-
land.
Cottage Sketches, or Active Retirement, by
tic author Of the "Antdote 70 the hriseries OF
Holman Life"
Experiments on tie Principle Of Life, and
particularly on the principle Of the Motion of
the Heart, and on the scat of this principle; in.
cluding the report made 10 the FIRST class Of the
Institute, upon the experiments relative to the
motions Of the heart, by NJ. lie Galiois, NJ. ID. j.
The Life oiLord Nelson, by Robert Southey.
a Representation Of the Brilliant Victory at
chieved by Commodore ., IL. Perry, over the
British Fleet on Lake Erie, Com ganded By CAP.
tain Barclay.
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II VIRTUE OF deed oftrust executed tie 2si
- April. 1911. by Charles Hopkins for the
purpose OF securing to Neil M'conl, the payl
ment OF certain. sums therein mentioned, will
DC SOLD TO the highest bidder, for ready money,
at Goochland courthouse, on Monday the 9lst
March next, being court day, certain
TRACT OF LAND,
Lying IN the said county, containing one huns
bred and eight acres and one half, adjoining The
lands of Robert BEDFORD. Francis Royster, VIM.
johnson, Sah'l cragwall and Joseph Woodson.
BY one or more of
February, 1914. ids
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Notice.


u virtue of two deeds of trust, one execu-
~ ted by Cole Digges & Mary H. Digges, his
wife, to secure a debt due 10 ,lexan,lcr Stuart,
and The other executed by said Cole Dgges and
wife, to secure David Bullock, MILL BE SOLD,
to the highest bidder, at the from, door OF the
Eagle tavern, in this city, on the wen,y.four,h
day Of March next, the following
SLAVES, 20 WIT:
Harry, Abram, Essex, Decker, Peter. Isaac.
Jack, Prissy, Sail, Sarah, y.nus, Grace and
Frances, with their increase Also the remain
der of the LANDS Of the said Digres. in the
county Of Warwick, not heretofore sold, and
which were conveyed by the first mentioned
deed OF trust,-to secure Alexander Stuart
ALSO. THE HOUSE AND LOT,
on shock@ Hill, in the city of Richmond, now
occupied by Mr.. Henry S. Shore or such part
OF the said slaves and other property, as may be
sufficient to discharge the remainder of debt
due to Alexander Stuart, with interest ther, on
and the expense OF this sale. 10y
~ WILLIAM WRIT,
wtds, SAMUEL GREENHOw,S trustees
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Samuel G.. Adams,

is NOW RECEIVING
100 Casks Nails, assorted,
Hogshead Knob Locks,
Do. Files,
DO. longs, Shovels and Pokers,
Do. saddiery assorted,
DO. Tea Kettles,
~ TIL and Chest Locks, Butt
Hinges. &c.
fla .orted Hardware,
SO Ton Bar Iron, assorted,
10 Baltimore Ploughs,
IL boz. Saddle Trees,
ALSO ON HAND.
\ good assortment OF Hardware, Ironmongery.
Cutlery and Brass Wares, Boiling Cloths.
Hoop Iron, Nail Rods, &c, se.-which are of.
tered for sale, on moderate terms.
Dec. l3. If
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twenty Dollars Reward.

AN AWAY, Gas am informed, few days
~ before Christmas last) from a free mulatio
mar. man by the name OF Patterson, who hired her
the last year, negro woman named MARIA
MIDDLETON, belonging to me. She is a stout,
fuii bodied woman, with large eyes, and re-
marketable for deep dimples in her cheeks
Her countenance is pleasing when she smiles.
and one of her fore teeth is out. She commons.
" wears handkerchief on her head like q tur.
ban.--I will give the above reward, and pay
an reasonable expenses to any person who will
deliver her to me in this city, or ten dollars for
securing her SO that get her again.
WM. MUNFORD. 4
Richmond, January 81, 1914. It'll
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RIcAMoNp, G ouNcIL CHAMBER.
February 25th,. 1914.
IGHLY IMPORTANT TO MEN OF r,

sTERPRISE. M
NJ Office is hereby given, that on Saturday
tue md day OF April next, pursuant to an
act of the General Assembly of this common.
wealth, passed the 18th INST: will be oietsd
Tor lease, to the highest bidder, at the Armory.
IN the City of Richmond, for aserm not excee.
ding hfteen years, very valuable stream OF
water. proceeding from the James River Canal.
alter its discharge from the Public boring
MN 70 be used according TO the provisions OF
WOODEN Manufactosy.--Th body of water has
a considerable descent, flows from an inexhaus
sable source, is sufficient for the operation of
machinery upon very extensive
scale, and 1t may be considered as one of the
most eligible scites in the United States, for am
establishment OF this kind. 1t is to be under.
$1,000 se .nat capitai of at least $4,000 must
be employed in the said manufactory.
BY order ofthe Executive
VIM. ROBERTSON. C. G..
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Cumberland December Court, 1918.
William Meredith, sen. Plaintiffs
AGAINST In Ghancery.
James Jackson, Defendant, \
TT appearing TO the satisfaction of the Court
that the plaintiff has departed this life since
the awarding the injunction, and that Samuel
Meredith has qualified as executor of said WIN.
Meredith, but is not president this State ON
motion ofthe defendant, By his COUNSEL, 1t is or.
dered that unless the said S Meredith, ex'or as
aforesaid, shall renew the Injunction on or be.
lore next June court, that this cause viii stand
dismissed as an act of this day,--and copy of
this order is directed to be published, Cor two
months, in some newspaper printed in the CITY
% Richmond, and one other copy posted at the
front door Of the Courthouse ofthis county.
A Copy--1este,
MILLER WOoDsoN, Ja.D.C.
March 9, 1914. w8w
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To tho Public.

The General Annual Meeting of the mem
bers of the BInLE SOCIETY OF y1nc1s1A. is
appointed at the Capitcl in the City of Rich.
mond, on the first Tuesday in April next; az
which time and place their punctual attendance
IS urgently requested. With permission. the
meeting will be held in the Hall of the House Of
Delegates. The Rev'd. Robert H. semple Is
requested to commence with an Introductory
exhortation the Reg'd. John ID. Blair. to CON.
tinue, the service OF the day with prayer and
the Rev'd. John II. Rice to conclude with 3
sermon appropriate to the occasion immedi,
stely after which, the annual Report of the
Managers will be publickly read by the Il.
cording Secretsry.-----All persons who ma,
choose TO be present are respectfully invited 10
attend.--(By order the Managers,
JOHN II. RICE,
Coyespondisg Secretary.
VIM. MUNFORD,
Recording Secretary.
sAML. GREENHOW, Treasurer.
Richmond, Feb. Is. t5tbA.
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Lord Byron has. publish rew Pom, .. ny
cantos, called the BRIpE OF ABypos. The
following description Of the beautiful conn,r,
OF the Turks, and the ferocious character o..
its possessors, is extracted from the opening
of the poem.]
KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle
Are emblems Of deeds thnt are done in their cline
Where the rage Of The ,ul ure-he love of the tur.
tic F.ll .f,
Nov melt into sorrow---now matllen to crime.
Know ye the land of the cedar ant yiuc,
Where the Howe; ever blossom, the beams ever
shine, 2
Where the light wings oil zephyr, oppressed with
perfume, ,.r
WAX faint o'er the gardens OF Gu' in her bloom;
Where the citron aud olive are, fsircst os iruit,
And tile v ice Of the nightingale never is mute;
Where the tnts ut the esrta & the hues oil the sky,
IN colour though varied, il beauty may vic,
And the purple OF ocean is deepest in dive;
Where the virgins are soft as the thy Irvine,
Aud all save the spirit Of man, is divine
lis the cline Of the east-us the land oftlc SUM-
Can he smile on such deeds as his children have ,ione
Oh Wild us the accents Of lovers fare well
Are the hearts which they bear, and tlc tales which
they tell.
Gul--the Rose. 4
Souis made of fire, and children OF the sun
with whom revenge is virtue"
Youns's Revenge.
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.Notice.

= THE Collector of the Revenue for the 10Th
District OF Virginia. or his Deputy, the sub
seriber, will attend at the different Courts Gor
Amherst, Nelson. Fluvanna, and Albemarle in
January and February, to receive Entries of
Carriages under the law of Congress, of July
oath, 1919, which all owners of Carriages viii
OF course examine.
TIioS. ]. RANDOLPH,
Deputy Collector, for the 18th
District of Virginia.
Shsdewe,l Mills, in Albemarle, )
Dec. 26th, 1913. tf ~.
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= Subscribers to campbeips History OF vir
GINA, are informed thatit is now read, for de.
livery az 5. Pisasants' Book Store, Richmond.
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For Sale,
$50 SPANISH HIDES,
20 Faggots GERMAN STEEL,
3Pipes Genuine PORT WINE.
R.aLSToN c, PLEAS.ANTS.
Land for Sale.
I WOULD WISH TO SELL
10 or 1900 Acres of Land.

Lying in the County Of Orange.
On the road leading from Swift Run to ,r.,o,.
courthouse, and in less than mile from TIE
latter place. The greater part of this land is
in its original growth, and the tract eo,,al n
value to any high land in the state. There Il
on 1t from sixty to seventy acres of the very
tirss rate low grounds. The land viii be shewnn
by myself, or. in my absence, by Mr.. Robert
Brock, living onthe premises.
February g. n sm
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VIRGINIA.:
AZ a SUPERIOR Courtof Chancerp,


Al a SUPERIOR Courtof Chancery,
holden at tde Capitol in Richmond, The sth
day q, February, 1873
GREEN Clay. Plaint;S.
Eieazar Clay, Charles Clay, Thomas CLAY, Mat
thew Clay, Mary Locket, Elizabeth Murray,
William Faaxton and Lucy his wife, Priscil
la Clay, and Hopkins Lewis and Martha his
wife, De6ndao,, 80
Has cause came on this day TO be heard on
the papers formerly read, and the report
al commissioner Parsons, pursuant 20 the order
OF The seventh day ofMarch, one thousand eight
hundred and seven, with exceptions thereunto,
ano was argued by counsel: Decentralization
whereof the court, setting aside the said order
o, the seventh day of March, one Thousand
eight hundred and seven, and the proceedings
therein SINCE that time, doth adjudge, order
and decree, that Thomas Miller, James Clarke
and Lueiweii Bracket, or anytwo ofthem, who
are appointed commissioners, do tlivi lie the re
al estate OF which Charles Clay, the father of all
TIE parties Except William Thaxton and Hop
kins Lewis) died seized. among such of the
parties as chose TO come into the part,tion, and
VIII BRING into hotchpot with the estate de-.
scendcd, such adyancements as any of them have
received from the said Charles the father, in.
has lifc time, and make report Of their proceed
ings 10 The court, with any matters deemed per-
tinent by themselves, required by the par
ties to be especially stated
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