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ELK ISLAND FOR SALE

M ILL he sold, on Monday the 18th day Of July next on
the premises, at public auction The lower half Of the
island in the county fGoochlnnd called Elk Island be-
ing the properly ofthe estate Of late Dr. James S. Gill
Liam. This properly about SO miles above the city Of
hiebmond and within mile Of CarersvilIe The ferti-
ny OF the soil OF this land Its contguity Market The
!eaay carriage Tor produce which Is at all times offered
the farmer and planter contribute render IL one Of the
most desirable farms in the The lower half which
VIII De offered for sale, contains by old survey
perfectly level low grounds, well adapted TO the cultivation
OF tobadco wheat and corn the produce which low
grounds In point ofquay and quantity, Is not surpassed
tne any land IN the state Any farther
scrpon OF the land Is deemed unnecessary as Is pre-
sumed that persons wishing purchase such valuable to-
bacco wheat aud corn land, will visit It previous 10 the
DAY Of sale Possession will be given the
S1S-aowing " the purchaser the privilege Of sowing
croi of wheat in The fall.
u Al the same time and place will be offered for
SALE 200 acres OF high land called Tuggies
site to the island being mostly wood land and chiefly
Ter the purpose OF supplying the island with wood, &c-
r VIM M May. who resides at TuggIes will take pleasure
in shelving both the island and wood land to any per
son who may wsh 10 purchase.
Terms OF sale: l. years, the purchaser giving
ponds with approved security, and paying
third part OF the whole from the time Of delivery
OF possession, and giving deed Of the island
JOHN GILLIAN, I Ex'ors Of
THEo. F. GILLIAN, 81. s. g. dec.
may its
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May II,
JUST PUBLISHED,

A ND for sale by JOSEPH MARTIN, Msin.street, Rich.
4 m1nd Va and bv all the Dooh sellers sACRAMEN-
IhL upon divers passages Of Scripture;
wherein believers assisted preparing their hearts,
asd exciting their affections and grace. when they draw
nigh 10 Go In that awful and solemn ordinance
NE y. Loris Supper. BY the Rev JOHN FLAvEL late
OF the Gospel at Dartmouth In Devon England.
FIRST American, from the sixth London edition, with cor
reciions and TRANSACTIONS -,
Richmond, Jxxe TO- 1924.
sir In compliance with your requesi have over
The volume Of Fvsrs Soerdmentai Indications which You
nIve .'posbed The high estimation which d. you
the many editions through which they have passed Eng
aaa They are dissgpshsd BY ,hs importance q their
vales hem. The style Is indeed, peculiar but the supe
Ca me Of oderr writer's IS Of se poor com
generally marks the productions Of earlier day With
o4 "ntsrahng 10 defend every minute opinion every
ia,on in expressing my conviction offs general value and
Of It's tendency TO be useful therefore wish you
Yours, le. JOHN BLAIR HoeE,
Richmond, june TO- 1924.
or Attempts to promote devotional teinpe,s in the
minds NJ tba followers Of Christ be lsuabe Your
publication OF FIavefs Sscranepta Meditaons will
assure'y accord with the wishes Of those Of the pous BY
woom they are known Considering recommendation
oisoch work necessary from, me- merely express my
mos, sincere wishes that lis circulation may be extensive
a US influence rendered profitable by the blessing of
h Without whose favour should not be ancipa
Minister Of the :; SS spii. Church
Mr.. Jowph Marsir.
Rieamsns, june 10, 1924
me name of Fisyp is we'll known among the piors
70 need and any work from bis zen must
n,sss With fs,ourase reception His saeramenaI usdi
s.icns production OF great worth. The object aid
cn,sass 70 preparing or the Ioris SUPER, viii be &C
sao~euged TO be Of high importance and bis reflections
e most happily adapted 20 The end strain OF fervent
!, raised high aud the style though sn,qe !, forcibIsg
oevost christian scarcely fail to derive pleasure
,n PROFIT from the perussl and II " crey hoped thai
me work viii be extensively circulated, and the Pub,ber
neraly rewarded for resci ug valuable production
Hon' cbiivion. David ROPER,
:, Pastor Of the Second Dap, cEuseb, h Richmond.
1fr. Joseph Martin.
June 10. w.
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NOI'I(,E

nN the 22d day of December 1925 Ie..cu,.d IN ,hr
~ r. Davenport Of Prince Edward n ,ue bi,i far rns
humlred and ,wensJ-nne dollars y csnis, and took
u in the same day, ny lnying the rnort Lut
have lost or mislad the Is TO caution ali
sons "gsnst trading for, any way usnr he ss; e
Dull rs having paid H. shall nav M ags;, ,iso
give notice. that shaii pay my bons 10 Jehn p Day
export and James Davenport &c Prince Edward doe ts
mas 1874 and 1925 (eac Tor sos dollars or mr.
ehr' at them, until they aefret in The die 90
tract o Land which purchased om them and In con.;,
Grafton for which said bonds we're execu,s, All 80.
Or either of them. naSfrI .s s =,
Powhatsu, June rs. - Az
MESSkS. Nathan PerAins TLv,nn. UnI,,.,-- E;,.
~. Wooa, and Thomas ~ Donduan,; You will lake NJ,
1874 IN the county of ,m ut the house o W an,
Nsw,on Jr. commonly called Buck Newton deposi,ion,
Will he taken, To be read evidence in Two suit
ing against you SEINE Of y.u theone brough, hy Tur
ner Henley and Others and by Charles
0uerrant, against YOU, vou-e causes are de
pending in ehaneery, In Buckingham county court.
Yours &c. TURNER X HENLEY
June 10. 'I-w4w" CHARLES GUEREANT.
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HAVING Determined 10 remove 10 nv ,.r6 an sls n.
,c GA r,sen InMason cosniy, oser for sale the
,e1..' on ~. ~hersoe nov live, confusing 1915
crlpeper county, miles from the Courshssse. and ~
miles from Orange Coerhouse; - mikes above Freder.
vide rooms sse on he o~sr soo
room. two large passages and closets,
sage anu large entry three rooms Ia tue cellar with owe
hrs place new kitchen with two raoms mud stone
Souss SsSo roomss sSa: eSimosss,
ed The ward the yard aud garden well insIos
Grab, rori.r Willow Cedar &C.; riding most beau.
s" "s s s"onu the house In summer-a very
house and At the bottom The yard where hSndsome
eTIS es .anng water which through the tract
good springs upon this land four valusbe springs
ony % w;de srs house-a stable seveniy
aud mich cows, shielded oil srcrnds corn so.se az ~
Tee, on the lower door, 'ss middle new barn IS BY 50
several quarters for negroes with plank 6oors aud
out ino six fields; tive meadows and severs iots ali Of
nave constant water running through them the re
oak poplar, ash, hickory, loca,t,Sc dc '- aN N
sou adjoining The above tract on which Il very
ases" s.S par ,. Of .,sns: SrlnS
10 excellent Repairs house A by is two .or.. ;el
among the beautiful situations r. , ay
uy@weli wateret and we'll imbereL. -rfe' soN"'
4OO acres adjoining tract ON =. h,cl 4.
bic dwelling house with three rooms on ,Le love- m
Tn TWO rooms, and stone chimney with two FIRE
p'aces ms isnd - uncommouly well watere and b..
large proportion OF frs. timber and upwnrs Of 100
acres prime meadow land, runnng ihroueS
q. swo nst rate springs very near the Kitchen.
TO acres sjoinng Springfield, abou, one half cea, ed
ts heavily iimbeed These four tracts have been
samea IN separate tracts Springfield Uni gbt he divided
ing each other. '"'e'" se'e auJosh'
1900 acres Of military land in oho between Cbeo,be
anu Coumbus the seat Of government in thick settled
oy and creek. W. ~ e's VI LAR
1000 acres Of military land Clarks river In Kentucky
near the Iron Banks once offered FIVE dollars nrr
in sfat Ter
one 'br n hand and equal annual ma men,s for ,r
oaisnee bonds well secured likely young negroes will
bonds To which security - r ' "''
June IS yi-w2&w2if PHI CT aJrcurrD
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CURIOSITY.
True, lady, ny the roses ON those iips
Both man and wOmah would find life a waste
but for tue cunning of-Curiosity!
Shes the worlds witch, and through the ori abe r.ns
The irrrest inasquer underneath the moon
To beauties langud, irum the last nights rou..
she comes with tresses loose, and shoulders wrapt
IN ~ ,gnng shnwlsi aud by their pillow sits.
Telling delicious tales of-iovers lost,
Far rivals Tilted Scandals, smuyy lei lace,
The han'lredth novel OF the Great Unkpowp
And then they smile, and rub their eyes, and yawu
AID wonder what's o'clock, then sink again,
AMI thus She sends the pretty fools TO steep.
oi- CONES To ancient damrs--and stiff as steel
~ mood and stoniacber and snuff in hand,
she makes their rigid muscles gay with news
~ Doctors Commons, matches broken Of.
Blue stockings frailties, cards and raiifia;
Aud thus she gives them pratlle for the day,
She sits by ancient politicians, bowed
A. IL a hundred years were ON her bnek (;
Then, peel ing through her spectaeles, she reais
seeming journal, stuff'd ith monstrous tales
ot Turks aud rariars: deep conspraeies
toorn In the writer's brnin,j Of spots in the SUM-
ftcgnsnt With fearful wars. And so they shake.
Anu hope they'll fluid the world all safe by morn.
Aud thus she makes the world, both Young and oi,l
Bow down 10 sovereign CURIOSITY!
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NO!'I(,E

w 40 committed 10 Fairfax county jail as n runaway
" on the 9Th day Of June negro man who calls
himself Jacob, and says he belongs a Mr. hiudd OF
oergetown, DC The said negr- L. 10 years OF age
ee h'g has been crippled in his left high very
black, bad ON when committed blue cloth coat a dark
grey pair OF panaloons, shirt wool hat The
come forward prove property, pay charges and take him
away otaerwise he will lie disposed Of accardne 10
D. BRADLEY Tailor
. for J. c. Hunier, Sheriff OF Fairfax Co.
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NINETY SLAVES FOR SALE

by virtue Of deed Of executed TO the h,
- Airxauder Boyd for the purpose of securing a de.,
uue 10 bia'r burw'l we shall Wednesday the a5th ny
OF august next as MecklcnbuTg Courthouse for sale
20 tne hsnes bidder sor cash, about ninety
emo!acng every description-anoDg Iber there are two
good wagoners three backsmitbs shoemakers and
priSssyer he sale will ne continued uni all slaves
snai oe sold 30 favorable opportunity 10 purchs
slaves seldom presented to attend
JOHN w. LEWIS, L..
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,oMMif TED 70 'te jail u The Petersburg as
~ rnnawnys, the 9Th day February Iss, Iya NJ
gro men, who state that they eoprd from SIR JosiaI
suite ~ the coua'y OF Holloway who bis way 20
tne south whnegroes for SALE One Of them lis himself
GLEN ADAMS he is S feet inches higa dark cnnnIs,
,o about 20 years old thick lips particular mari or
be vri inches high dprk compile xnn small u ,.hrrs
ABOUT 80 sears DID, no particular mark TO be- OBJ
served about him The of the above re
auesird come forward prove his properly, psy eaee
and lake them away or they III he dea i,b rs The w
directs ROGER MAI,oi " ~. Ia -"
April 81. III. ,o ,"''"''
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oIlCE-An persons indebted the estate Of Henry
Patterson, deceased, tate of Hanover Coun,v q, ~,
please make immediate payment 10 the subscriber and Nil
their claims duly authenticated for settlement r ''
H,LANDERsoN, admir- OF IL. Paterson, dec.
Juno So Ao<1s "a
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EXAMINATION.
North C0rsii0n female aco,l.

'VUT!H CuTtFtNn FentGIe .7cNdemV.
NDREWS l. JONES inform the friends Of Ibis nsti.
uiion that the semi annual examination oi their mn
pills will commence Wednesday the of June and
close on the I'd Of July GodMed will be presented to
thoss young Indies who have completed their studies,
The fall session will commence 9Th Of jay here
being no summer vacation about twenty new pupils can
be admitted Board and tuition, sky dollars per
Music drawing and dancing, taught charged extra.
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The request OF many Of the responsible nhabjt-
ants OF this city, the subscriber has been induced 10
penal EXCHANGE READING ROOM, for the accom-
modation and convenience ofhe Merchants citizens
The room now occuried by the subscriber and
the adjoining one, will be opened for that purpose The
principal newspapers and prices In The United
ana ,ns most approved Periodical Reviews and
magazines OF ths country and Europe will be furnished
strangers are respectfully Invited visit the Exchange
me annual subscriptions 10 the Exchange will be five
osars payable In advance Persons wishing to subscribe
win be pleased to call the Subscribers oce-Due no.
"ce VIII De given Of the opening Of the Exchange.
he subscriber will sell public Stocks Of every dsscrip
ton nj auction. or privately. CARTER n pAGFP
Rrhmond, Nav 800
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NJ EcSHS. Thomas Wall IacoL Buep ANA ~ ,jI;,n, Ia,
NA Va t"" NOT ing inhabitants of this commonwealth
aii hn having any known agent within same YOU in
please take notice, HAT SHALL 2e,b and s,b
ct June inst tavern Of William Townes in The tow
Dey'on ana county OF Meehenbnrg pursuant TO com
John w1klsr William M swpson Joseph Tovnes jun
william inwnes. anu others, 10 he read evidence in
suit nov depending and undetermined in the sunar,o
Sonr Of Chnnee,y for the Richmond District, wherein
susanna PAWS pIani'h, and Thomas Burnett executor
Of John Davis. dec. Thomas Wall. Jacob Buyg W;i,n
Davis Mary Barry, Charles L. Jees and Lucy his wife
are ce'eptants when and where yol may ateud n Won
think proper. Yours, &c, THOMAS DIIENErff ~"
-
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I'm Wednesday The End day OF June next al one ocjck
we wi offer tor sale TO the highest bidder ON credit
Of one two and three years, before from door OF e ia
gle Hotel In the city Of Richmond the follow property
lying and being In the said city, viz imprsy
fronting III feet ON street, occupied by MIR. Forbes one
door below the Merchs Coffee House an improved 10,
ironfng 100 feet ON street, in the Of Jail an i'm,
proved lot on the last mentioned Streets No CSC
owned by Thomas Underwood and In the Of
D. Leigh also eleven half lots Handsomely si,ust
ed IN Duvas Addition, and known by the numbers SCI ~
!2Si So, rs, 1913 co. 80, 100 Personal security aud
deed Of trust on The property will be required Of the pur
ehasers. JOHN SHELTON.
May 9. ofJobn Z Hsrr;. ds.
u The above sale 10 postponed iii Wednesday the 25
DAY oil August next fair f fair day thecof
Ter. June 4.
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L Peter 7. Philips, PisinS

Peter 7. Philips, pi,insr.
Against u,
fe,sr Eiington and Emily his wife, late Emily Cinrke
ussgnter Of Turner Clarke, dsru and Field r. Souhns
~. ~ ~. VI moses muehetL dec. Defendants.
gwen hm to amend his bill, and Is ordered that ilodah
te.ue, Inc present administrator, be made marty ren
e not having entered their Appearance and given secu
thy 10 the Act Of the General ASS my and The
ny ieas the said defendants Peter Epg,oa and e
lion Of the PLAINTIFF, by John W. Nash ESQ his o.
Em,Is hs ina, the said defendants Peter Erg,on and
August next snd answer the compainants bill nn sbas
copy OF tns orer be forthwith iaserted In some public
printed In the city Richmond for two
ssccesey, snd also posted the front door OF The
% o', country ON two successive Court d.ys
,..ee .r.LEIGH, &c.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-12-04
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY EVENING,
BY JOHN S. GALLAHER,
At the Office ofthe Harpers-Ferry Free Press

TERMs.-One dollar and fifty cents per annuln,
twenty-five cents, to be paid at the time of sub
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The postage all letters and communications
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tlzxzEs GARLAND.
SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1924.
Concluded from No. 40, page 100.

y
The ensuing evening, we proposed that whilst
the cheerful group were preparing for sail, we
should take pleasant walk along the margin of the
bills which overhang the river, and enjoy the pic
uresque scenery ola little wood which was here and
there chequered by some small winding streams that
occasionally glded over some romantic precipice
until finally lost in the rolling stream below In fol-
lowing one ct those little tracts which sometimes
presented themselves, we were led to an awful de-
clivity, covered with wild ivy and other evergreens
" Here q observed) is the theatre of scenes, the
Telation Of which might grace chapter in
nance that if he had desire to change the cur
tain from natures wonders those of art, to follow
around the hills to where we could discover the
remains Of path that Time had nearly obscured,
which would lead to curious wrought fabric of
stone, constructed during the revolutionary war;
You must recoect, that during those perilous times
the honest yeomanry of our country were called
from their peaceful iresdes their wives, and their
children, to engage in the conflicts of the field.
Many were left; and those whose natural DISPOSE
lions We're inclined to plumber and pl!age, had
alr opportunity of gratifying their desires with i'm
punity. The relic of antiquity which we are now
approaching, and which is only intercepted from
our view by those lofty elms in front and that arch
Of hills behind, was inhabited, at the time Of which
We speak, by Mr.. NJ. who Of company,
the line of which extended from north to SOUTH
Here he deposited the slaves and other property
which could be acquired by bodily prowess or en-
trapped by device. This species Of marauding
continued, until our sons, having conquered
foreign enemy, had to turn their arms on domestic
disturbers, when the famous 'Iynch's law" was
successfully exercised: but poor NJ. captured,
and sentenced to be executed"
The entrance was almost inaccessible after sus-
pending ourselves from the ivy to the shelving
points below, behind a thick cluster of holly, py-
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ranid of rocks laid close upon each other, in the
form of an oval, burst upon vew about ten feet
in diameter and twelve feet high, at the side of
which small aperture resembling false door,
through which entered. On one side were Sc
veral stone seats the other was a recess in the
wall, evidently designed as table, with many other
pieces Of rude furniture, the object of which we
could not divine. On the furniture and the smooth
rocks OF the wall, were engraven many grotesque
looking figures, which, perhaps was done for the
want of other employment in the day, during which
time NJ lay concealed and when honest men were
wrapt in the arms OF repose, and GO none but ghosts
stalked abroad he sailed forth in quest of aelven-
lures. After examining and remarking upon every
thing curious about this woodworking place, we
assembled to of the towers on the hill, not far
distant from one III which the company had assem-
bed, some Of whom seemed to be merrily dilating
between the heavens and the earth, over the
"smooth shaven green to the sound of the cat
gut.
"Ah, poor Indiana Che exclaimed, as he discov-
cred the hilarity Of the girls) how well qualified
vast thou to adon such circles to give zest to such
amusements but you are bEghted rose
lost, forever lost, to yourself, your friends, and
to virtue
"Indiana, sir, was the only daughter of much
valued and beloved brother, who has paid the debt
of nature he placed her under my guardianship
but my disposition being averse to mixing with the
world, left her alone to the maternal care Of her
amiable mother. She grew up one of natures fair
est flowers an angel in form and goddess in
ton. The dispenser of all gifts bestowed upon this
sweet girl liberal share Of beauty and innocence
"Youth, beauty, and chvalry, bowed before her;''
she model for her sex, and the admiration of
all but, alas, the cruel spoer came!'
"Alonzo, who was the of my fathers friend
and benefactor, visited our part of the country Tall
and elegant in his person, his raven locks, which
gracefully cured around his shoulders, added to
the beauty of features his pleasant and concili
ating manner initiated him into the friendship
of all !, too, who wished to requite to the the
friendship of the father became his warmest friend,
believing that all kinds Of feelings may become too
excessive, except that of gratitude, which believe
nature consecrates, even should it overflow the soul
My niece, possessing warm and generous feelings,
also became his friend, and alas too soon his cap
tive for although he appeared to have mind ca
pable at the first glance Of grasping the most alb
struse subjects as If by intuition and soul noble
and dsnterested he was, nevertheless only splen-
did looking boy, composed of alloy, in which there
no reality, all deception; kind of bon vivant
neutrality-suspicious. own conduct by that ofhs COM
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imbecile disposition of his father, had not been suf
fcent to restrain the impetuous and irresistible feel
ings of the and the day that witnessed his ma.
turty, dawned upon mind soured by indulgence,
and trained into familiarity with every crime. This
unknown to us, but Time which reveals all things
"soon laid the dark dominions open to the day.
Aonzo, plunged into the depths of every excess,
proved himself to all, except Indiana, bankrupt in
virtue and, except by whom, his company shun
ned avoided, and despised But ah unfortunate girl
how bitterly you now lament it They eloped pur-
suit proved unavailing. Six long and weary months
had elapsed, without an intimaton them, when on
a cool and tranquil evening,my sister and myselfwere
rambling along the banks of the river, in that mean-
choy mood peculiar to crippled spirits and broken
hearts, when we beheld, stretched upon the green
a poor miserable, halfstarved looking object, who
seemed to have escaped from the internal regions,
convulsively groaning out his last breath. Human.
ty directed our steps towards him. In relating the
causes which had reduced him to this condition. we
learned that he had been the companion of the
wretched Alonzo; that he had shared in his revel-
ries, his vices, and his frolics that, in rags and
misery, Alonzo not his better in appearance
that the fair Indiana had been cruelty deceived and
almost entirely abandoned, by Alonzo faded in
beauty wasted in body, and ruined in health, often
suffering for days together for even the coarsest
food that he had heard Alonzo read to his dssolute
companions, her letters to her friends painting her
suf1erings in such animated strains that the heat
of savage would have melted and flown in streams
of sorrow that after enjoying it with helish bar
barity, they would unite i'll COUGHING an answer,
purporting to be from her friends, filled with the
most cruel language and the bitterest invectves.-
eyes, Continued he,) shall never forget (when
the officers of justice broke in upon den of dice
and faro, and put to hight,) the penslve and me-
lanchoy detection Of Indiana, broke down with
sickness, and Worn out with famine, following, at
slow and mournful pace, with small bundle of
rags on her arm, him who had ruined her peace and
destroyed that Of her family. Where they are or
whittier they went is unknown,to me-" This was
the severest cut of all; carried my sister home ia
a state of insensbility; and who, in the genera
wreck of my own misfortunes, had still left soul
that would forgive, tear for pity, and hand for
charity few in pursuit. l am still flying in pursuit
but with little hopes Of success these cruel letters
prevent her return she is, this, perhaps, aban-
doncd to the cold charity of the world, and must
ever bewail her unhappy lot. Oh cruel, cruel
fate !" Here he was sufocated with grief and after
a few moments of respiration, he gave loose to
his reflections in the following feeling strain: "Of
all the vices which degrade human nature, know