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Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-10-03
SG arttnsnurg Gasette;
EDITED AND PUBLISHED
By EDMUND p. HUNTER.

TERMS:-Two DOLLARS, payable
in advance; or, Two DOLLARS AND
FIFTY CENTS, within the year; and if
payment be deferred to the end of the
year, THREE DOLLARS will invariably
be demanded. No paper VIII be dis
continued until all arrearages are paid,
except at the discretion of the editor.
Advertisements of one square or less
inserted three times for one dollar, and
Tor each subsequent insertion twenty
five cents; longer ones in proportion.
Chancery orders of the usual length
Inserted and posted according to law,
at five dollars each. Advertising Gus
toners will please to mark on the man.
uscript, how many insertions are re-
CURED. If no such direction is given,
be advertisement will be continued IN.
til forbid,
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Valuable Mills and Farm for Sale,
EOFFER for sale my TRACT LAND
b adjoining Martinsburg in Berkeley CIV
Va containing about 440 acres, eoualsn
strength and fertility of soil TO any land in
h State; has an abundant supply of Tim.
her & meadow. at least one third oftbe trac,
being prime bottom land, with good well
built houses ofevery description necessary
on u farm, most Of which are of stone.
indeed here are few tetttr improved farms
an, whereto / e found;a well of never falling
limestone water is in the yard. Tuscarora
creek a stream Of considerable size g. con.
stancy passes through the land with fall os
upwards of % feet, affording several yerv
eligible sites for water works ore of which Il
improved with large stone MERCHANT
MILL. working three pair of Burrs and one
pair Country stones, with every description
OF machinery necessary Tor carrying on tina
manufacture Of Flour &C. in first raIe STYLE.
| will give a great bargain in this proper,yl
no money required ia hand, any good and
substantial purchaser may have /, to be paid
for in eight orten equal annual instalments,
one half to hear interest from the time he
takes possession until that half is paid, tho
residue then TO commence bearing interest
and SO to run on until all is paid.
MATHEW RANSOM.
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w. T. COMPTON.


I'd ECENTLY removed TO Mr.. e. Sbov.
EH ers's house on the south west eorne.
Of Queen and Burk streets, lately occun;ed
by Messrs. Wilson s. Anderson, is receiv-
ing and opening large and complete an.
sortment of
Fancy and substantial Dry Goods,
Hardacdre, Cutlery, Edg'd tools and
Coffee mills,
Queens, Glass, Stone d Wooden care.
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Bonnets.
Books and Stationary,
Paints, Paint brushes and OILS
Groceries, Liquors, Fish, DC. DC.
Also on hand, prime Oak Shingles and
Plasterlng iaths, TO all of which he respect.
iully invites the attention of the public.
IRISH to purchase quantity of good
clean WOOL. w. r. q
Msrtinshurg. May 10, 1888 If
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POETRY
From tie Ne,c York Mirror.

THE ROBBERY WILLIAM c. BRYANT.
Beside a lonely mountain path,
Within a messy wood
That crowned the wild wind beaten cliffs,
A lurking robber stood.
His foreign gaTb, his gloomy eye,
His check Of swarthy stain
Bespoke him one who might have bseA
A pirate on the main,
Or bandit on the far off hills
OF Cuba or Of Spain.
His ready pistol in his hand,
A shadowing bough he raised,
Glared forth, as crouching tiger glsres,
And, muttered as he gazed-
'Snre he must sleep upon his steed--
| deemed the laggard near;
I'll give him, for the gold he wears,
A sounder slumber here;
His charger, when press his flank,
Shall leap like mountain deer"
Long, long he watched, and listened long,
There came no traveller by,
The ruffan growled harshcr curse,
And gloomer grew his eye.
While DER the sultry heaven, began
A leaden haze to spread,
And past his noon, the summer sun
A DINNER beam to shed,
And ON that mountain summit fell
A silence deep and dread.
Then ceased the bristline pine to sigh,
Still hung the birchen spray;
The air that wrapped those massy clifrs
Was motionless as they:
Mute was the cricket in his cleft
But mountain torrents round
Sent hollow murmurs from their glens
Like noises under ground.
A change came DER the robbers cheek,
He shuddered at the sound.
Twas vain to ask what fearful thought
Convulsed his brow with pain:
"Tbe dead talk not" he said at length,
And turned 10 watch again.
ky-ward he looked-a lucid cloud
Hung low and blackening there;
Aud through its skirts the sunshine came.
A strange, malignant glare,
His ample chest drew in, with toll,
The hot and sitting air.
His ear now caught distant sound
But not the tramp Of stecd--
A roar as Of a torrent stream,
Swollen into sudden speed.
The gathered vapors in the west,
Before a rushing blast,
Like living monsters Of the air,
Black, serpent-like and vast.
Writhe, roll, and, sweeping DER the sun,
A frightful shadow cast.
dark 10 that nearer, mghuer crash.
As if a giant crowd,
Irampling the oaks with iron feet,
Has issued from the cloud,
While fragments Of discovered rock
Go laundering from on high,
And eastward, from their eyrie- cliffs,
The shrieking eagles fly;
And lol the expected traveller comes,
Squirting his charger by.
To that wild warning of the air.
The assassin lends no heed;
He lifts the pistol TO his eye.
He notes the horseman's speed;
Firm in his hand and sure his aim
But ere the flash is given,
Its eddies filled with wood uptorn,
And spray from torrents driven,
Ihe whlriwind sweeps the crashing wood
The giant frs are riyen.
Riven and wrenched from splintering cliffs,
They rise like down in air;
At once the forests rocky floor
Lies to the tempest bare.
Rider and steed and robber whirled
Der precipices vast
'Mong trunks and boughs and shatter'd crags
Mangled and crushed are cast,
The catamount and eagle made,
AT noon, grim repast
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A Copy. Teste.
JOHN STROTHER, c,
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE !,

.Ndrtinsbrg, sept II, 1888
THE parties 10 the above suit will
please to take notice, that shall attend at
my Office in Martinsburg, on Tuesday the
Slh day of October next, for the purpose
of proceeding in the order of reference
in this cause, when and where they will
attend with all the evidence necessary 10
enable rue TO make up the required report.
SEA MANS GARARD. Com'r.
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JUST RECEIVED.
TRUST SALE.

Fl Ply virtue Of deed of trust executed
E1 TO the undersigned on the 18th dav
Of January last, and Of record in the
county court Of Berkeley. will offer for
sale at public auction. before the court
house door IN Martinshurg, on .Monday the
IAN day IF October neat. (heing court day J
good WAGON and two sets HIND
GEARS. he wagon is completed, iron
ed. A credit of three months will be- Civ
en-, the purchaser giving bond and ap
proved security.
EDMUND p, HUNTER, Trustee
September 5. 1888 is
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Co-Partnership in Tanning.

HVHE subscribers have entered into Co
a Partnership in the TANNING and
CURRYlNG BUSINESS, in Buckles
town, and have employed Mr.. Elijah
Griffith to superintend and manage the
same for us. He is authorised to purchase
Hides and Skins, Bark, sc. and TO dis
pose Of Leather to those wishing to pur
chase. Cash paid for all Hides and Skins
delivered at the Tan Y ard in Bucklestown,
and Leather sold at the lowest prices.
az BARK wanted Immediately, for
which the cash will be paid.
JACOB +. SEIBERT,
EZEKIEL SHOWERS.
Mar so, 1888 If
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Elastic Bristle Frame Stocks
FOR SALE.

TEHHE MISS CONRADTS have on
n hand, and intend constantly TO keep,
a general assortment OF STOCKS, of The
latest and most approved style. made Of
good materials and in manner not sur
passed by any in the country.-They will
be sold wholesale and retail. Merchants
and others in want Of the article, would
do well TO call and examine them.
September 5. 1888
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a LII those indebted to the estate of
"A Jacob Hooper. deceased, are notified
20 make immediate payment; and those
having claims are requested to bring them
forward, properly authenticated for Get
tlement.
ABRAHAM HOOPER, .9dm>.
September IL, ls33-3t
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sEAMANS GARARD, Com'r

q HE subscriber will, at all times, paw
the highest price in CASH for HIDES
and SKINS, delivered at his residence in
Hartlnsburg, where will constantly he
kept for sale, LEATHER of every DIES
crptlon. He soIicits call from his friends
EZEKIEL SHOWERS.
May 80, 1888.
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N Office

The heirs Of William Merchant, decd.
a ND all others whom it may concern.
IA take notice, that have in nv hands.
as administrator with the will annexed of
sain Merchant, sum of money, which |
am prepared TO pay over 20 those legally
entitled to receive it. but upon which /
am unwilling to pay interest.
JOHN F. SMITH.
smithheld, Jefferson county, Va. ,
September IL, 1888 st
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JOHN STRoTHER, c
COMMISSIONERS OFFICF -,

MGrtinsG,Tg, Sept u, 1888 {
The parties TO the above suit will take
notice that will attend at my Office in
Marilnsburg. on Saturday the 5tb day of
October next. for the purpose of arriving
The above order Of reference into effect
when and where they are required to at
tend with all the necessary books and pa.
Pers 10 enable me to make up the requii ed
report.
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VIRGINIA:-In the Circuit Superior Court of
Lar and Chdncers for Berkeley county
SEPTEMBER 25th, 1882.
Alexander stephen, pit
against
IN CHANCERY
EstlS cause came on To be heard this
d 25ih day of September, 1882, on the
bill. answer, exhibits and dispositions, and
was argued by COUNSEL on consideration
whereof. the court, fully aware of the mis-
chief of disturbing long settled accounts,
and not intending 10 decide that the plain
TN has yet made out a case which out
weighs the answer and the strong circum
stances attending the transaction, i. vet
oil opinion that the evidence in the cause
throws upon IL an obscurity which may he
calculated, and, if il can, ought 10 be c
lucldated, by full report from Master
Commissioner empowered TO ask for books
and papers, and particularly the cash
hooks OF the parties, and 10 examine them
on oath:-and therefore adjndges, or iers
and DEGREES, that the accounts between
the parties he referred TO a master com.
missioner OF this court 10 state and settle
the amount due to the plaintiff upon all
the bonds, LIST. excluding the $500 on &C
count OF Francis Sllvers mentioned in the
bill; and Cd. an alternate statement allow
ing that item; and 9dly. a statemen, of the
balance due on the last bonds, consider
ing the first as finally paid and settled on
the 18th November, 1920; and that he
call Tor The books and papers Of the par
ties. and examine them on Oath-and more
especially, that he receive on oath such
explanations as the defendant may choose
TO make of the exhibits in his hand wri
ting marked a and c in addition to those
made IN his answer, and also in relation
to the paper lately filed, and marked by
the court A. A and the explanations oftbe
plaintiff in relation to his letter of the 29tb
OF July, 1896 and make report TO the
court OF such explanations. as well as OF
The accounts aforesaid; stating specially all
matters deemed pertinent By himself, or
winch the parties may require him SO TO
state. A Copy -Teste.
JOHN SIROTHER r.
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FihbiANiA.-IH Wt OuchI superior IOtHI o
Lac and Chancery for Berkeley county:
SEPTEMBER 18th, 1882.
Lewis Grantham, admir-. of Conrad Starry, de-
ceased, PIT
William Runner and Philip C. Pendleton, det7ts.
IN CHANCERY.
' h WIS cause came on to be heard this
n 25th day of September, 1882, upon
the report of the master commissioner fiji
ed and the exceptions of the counsel for
the compliments, and was argued by
COUNSEL on consideration whereof the
court sustains the list, 9th and | lth excep.
'lons--and overrules the ID, Sd, 9Th. Sth
9th and 10th. and as for the 4th and 7th
they are for The present neither sustained
nor overrulcd: but the commissioner is re
CURED to enquire and report more part
cularly when the judgments were obtain
ed, and the executions issued, upon which
those payments were made, and against
whom they were obtained-together with
any matter deemed pertinent by himself
III relation to those items, or which he
may be required TO state 10y the parties
lie is further to state the character and,
dignity of the several claims, paid after
notice of the compliments claim.
A Copy .-Teste,
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Berkeley Comfy Court:
SEPTEMBER TERN, 1888.
ORDERED, that the Clerk OF this
W Court, do cause notice TO be pub.
lished, that the Court will take up the
Chancery Docket at the ensuing October
term, and try all causes ready for trial.
A Copy. -Teste,
HARRISON WAITE; c.B.c.
September 10, 1888 st
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-05

Nm acknowledgements Rules held in the
n Clerks Office of the Circuit Superior Court of Law
and Chancery for the county of Hanover, on the 9th day
of March, 1888:
Jesse VIM, late High Sheriff of the county of Hanover,
TO whom the estate ofJohn Richardson, deed. with his nun
cupatlve will annexed, unadministered by Francis w.
Scott, hath been committed for administration, Pitt.
against
Judith Richardson, widow of John Richardson. decd
Jane Hooker, Martha, Mourning, James g., Joseph r.,
Mary, Nancy, Julius r., Sandy, Dice, and Jane Mayo,
heirs OF Jane Mayo, a sister OF the said John Richardson,
decd; Jane Hatcher, John Colcburn, and Sarah his wife.
who was Sarah Mayo, Richard, James, John, and Robert
Mayo, David Mason, and Hannah his wife, who was
Hannah Mayo, Lott Chitwo0d, and Mary his wife, who
was Mary Mayo, heir Of Peggy Mayo, Thomas Whit
lock, and Stephen Williams, and Patsy his wife, who wgs
Patsy Whitock, the husband aud heirs Of Hannah Whit
lock, Robert I. Pullidm, Thompson w. PulIian, Peter
Wade, and Sally his wife, who was Sally Pulliam, William
$. cambridge, and Nancy his wife, who was Nancy Pull
liam, the heirs of Mourning Pulliam, Beverly Glenn, and
Sally his wife, who was Sally Richardson, Richardson
Thompson, and John Mayo, -- Beam, and Sarah his
wife, who was Sarah Mayo, John Floyd, and Mourning
his wife, who was Mourning Mayo, and Osborne Mayo,
and Nancy his wife, who was Nancy Mavo, the heirs of
Betsy Mayo, and William Kennon, Richard Kennon, and
John Kennon, Archibald Coleman, and Peasants p. Cole
man, Mordecai Hammonds, and Martha his wife, Sarah
Z. Cate, Isaiah Cate, and Ursula Cate, the husband and
heirs oil Ursula Kate, who was Ursula Richardson.
Dens.
The Defendants, Martha, Mourning, James G., Joseph
T., Mary, Nancy, julius r., Sandy, Dice and Jane
Mayo, heirs OF Jane Mayo, Jane Hatcher, John Coleman
and Sarah his wife, Richard, James, John and Robert
Mayo, David Mason and Hannah his wife, Lott Chitwood
and Mary his wife, Thomas Whitlock, Beverly Glenn
and Sally his wife, Richardson, Thompson and John Mayo,
-- Beam and Sarah his wife. John Floyd and Mourn
ing his wife, Osborne Mayo and Nancy his wife, William
kennon, Richard KenHon, John Kennon, Archibald Cole
man, Pleasant p. Coleman, Mordecia Hammonds and
Martha his vile, Sarah p. Cate, Isaiah Cate and Ursula
Cate, not having entered their appearances, and given Sc
curity according to the act of Assembly, and The rules of
this Court, aud it appearing TO the satisfaction Of The Court,
that they are not inhabitants of this country-ou the motion
Of the Plaintiff, ii is ordered, that the said last named de-
PENDANTS, do appear here, on the first Monday in June
next, and answer the plaintiffs bill; and that a copy of Ibis
order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published
in the cty of Richmond, for two months sGcccssively, and
that another copy be posted at the freut door of the Court
house Of this county. A Copy. Tcste,
PHILIP b. WINSTON, G. G..
March Is. 1O2-ySw
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Bank Of Virginia.

order OF a number of Stockholders in the Bank
1D oil Virginia, duly authorized by the Charter TO call
a general meeting, the undersigned hereby gives notice,
That a general meeting of the Stockholders of the said
Bank will be held on Monday, the 9Th day of May next,
at the clearinghouse in the city OF Richmond, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the subioined acts OF
the General Assembly; and Of deciding on the expedien.
cy Of subscribing TO the James River and Kanawha Com
pany, on the conditions specified in the said acts. For the
convenience OF such Stockholders as cannot attend i'm per-
son, the form OF a power of attorney TO vote by proxy is
annexed.
As the object OF the meeting is of great importance TO the
institution, as well as the immunity at large, il is earnest
iy requested, that those Stockholders who may not attend,
will appoint proxies TO represent them.
A. ROBINSON, JR.
March 81, 1898. Cashier Bank of pa.
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SIR CHARLES.-This distinguished, beautiful tho.
~ rOugh-bred racer and getter of racers, will again
stand at my sons, Geo. W.. Johnson's, the ensuing season,
within one mile of Moody's Tavern in the county of Ches-
terfield, Is miles from Petersburg, and % from Richmond.
and Is now at his stand, ready TO serve mares at $75 the
season, payable on the LIST OF August next, when it will
expire, but may be discharged with 500 before that time (;
800 insurance, payable as soon as the mare is known to
be in foaI, or parted Whilst cash, to the groom. Mares
that failed to Sir Charles last year by the season, will be in.
sured this at the season price. Mares furnished with pas.
turage, which is excellent and extensive-and servants
sent with mares boarded gratis. Separate grass, rye. and
wheat lots for mares and colts, with stables 10 protect them
from bad weather, and fed, if required, according to order.
or without limit as TO grain, at % cents a day. No liabi-
llty Tor accidents, but every necessary attention to prevent
them.
Sir Charles was neverin finer health, and there never
was a surer horse. He will be l6 years old this spring,
and has been so often advertised, and is so well known,
that it is only necessary to say that some of his colts have
won the following races within the last year:
The Jockey Club purse at Columbia, 4 mile heats; the
$4,000 match race at Charleston, 4 mile heats; the jockey
club purse at Charleston, 4 mile heats $1,000; the club
purse at Petersburg, 4 mile heats, the two mile day there;
the Jockey club purse, $1,000, at Tree Hill; the 2 mile dav
there; the 2 mile day at Fairfield; the best in 3 there: the 4
mile race at Baltimore, $250O; the mile day there, al Nor
folk the 4 mile and the 3 mile days, the 2 mile day at Broad
Rock, the 4 mile day and the 2 mile race at Lawrenceyills;
The 2 mile race at erusolem; the club race at Gloucester
Court house; the club and mile day at Winter6eld. Fall
1SS2-The Jockey club purse at Broad Rock, the club
purse, 4 miles and repeat at New Market; the 2 mile day
there; at Baltimore the $4,000 stakes, 4 mile heats; and
The jockey club purse, 4 mile heats there; one day at Win
terGcld; the 2 nile race at Norfolk; the Jockey club. 4
mile heats, at Tree Hill, $1,000; the club purse at Jerusa-
lem; the club purse at New Hope; the Jockey club, and
the proprietors purse at Liberty; the club race at Milton;
The 3 mile club race at Halifax, Virginia; the 3 mile day,
The 2 mile day, and the best 3 in 8 day at Cbristansvlle,
the club race at Franklin Court house; the club race
at Wythe Court House; one day at " heeling; the
sweepstakes at Beach Bottom; the race at Elizabeth.
town the jockey club, 4 miles, al Wheeling; the 2
mile day there, and at Eizabethtown, and the race al
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, where the field was distanced. All these
Races were won by Sir Charles's get in 1892. Thes,
facts speak for themselves, and recorded facts they are.
w. X. JOHNSON.
Chesterfield, February 25. 05-l
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SSALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST-In pursuance
oil a deed OF trust, dated on the 18th day OF Septem.
Der, 1917, recorded in Henrico County Court office, exe-
cuted to us by William Crawford, to secure the payment
oil a debt TO John ParkhiN, we shall, on Monday the 22d OF
next month, between the hours of III o'clock in the fore
noon, and z in the afternoon, before the door of the Eagle
Tavern, in the city Of Richmond, make sale of a tract of
land lyingin said county, about Z or s miles below Rich
mond, on the main road leading from the Seven Pines to
Richmond; containing according to the said deed 226 2
acres, the boundaries whereof are therein set forth. We
know OF no objection to the title; but, acting as trustees,
will convey only such title as is vested in us.
JOHN ENDERS,
NATH. DUNLOP, trustees
March 10. I03-tJs
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Nm CHANCERY-VIRGINIA.-At rules taken i'm the
n Clerks Office of the Circuit Superior Court of Law
and Chancery OF Prince Edward county, on the 4th day
of February, 1888:
Peter J. Grigg, Executor of Edward Jones, Plf.
against
Edward Redford, admir-. of Augustus Watson, Mary
Ann, Sally and Thomas Watson, Joseph Wilson and Do
rOthy his wife, Joseph Price and Elizabeth his wife, Sam
uel Johns and Francis his wife, Sarah L. b.. Watson, Ro-
bert Strange and Elizabeth his wife, Defts.
The defendants Samuel Johns and Francis his wife,
not having entered their appearance and given security
according to an act of the General Assembly, and the
rules OF this Court: and il appearing that they are not in
habitants OF this State, on the motion of the plaintiff, il
is entered at rules aforesaid, and accordingly ordered, that
The said defendants Samuel Johns and Francis his wife
do appear here on The first day of April term next, and
answer the plaintiffs bill; and that a copy of this order be
forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers
published in the city of Richmond for two months sue
cessively, and also posted at The front door of the court
house of this county,
A Copy. Teste, b. ]. WORSHAM, elk.
March .. l00-wSw