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FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.

I'D ~ away from my farm, near Wood
n . grove, loutOun couaiy. Va. Oh Sliur-
day night the Both uliimo, my negro man.
named JACOB, who calls himself Jacob Mon
day. aged about - years lie took with him
''indry clothing, amongst which we're two
PAIR dr1b p1niiiOons one Of which was tuck
Gel al &c bottom, a drab cloth coat, aud strip
Ell linscy vest. blue broad cloth coat. a new
Tar hat, &c. SC. sand negro Is black. ard
about i've feet . or > inches high. heavy
made, sorr eyebrows; he speaks with great
earnesiness and bpIdness, yet siammers and
i1itcrs when questioned closely uscs tobac-
60 and sPi,' aNkw ardiy hi, ips about mid
de size, teeth good. lie j. good plough
man aud wagner, having driven my team
each winter Tor - years generally 90 the
District of ColumbiIJ When a boy, he ly-
ed near uPpertille, fauGuier county. aud in
LOudDun since lie went oil without any
known provocation, and has left hi. " lie and
I've children. will give twenty-five dollar,
for securing said fcilDE IN any Iah IN yirgi-
MIA, 50 hai get him, or the abO,e reward Of
fifty dollars Il secured 10 any lsI out 81 this
state. ISAIAH n. BLNNS.
May 2, 30 IT
Hfvfrsfo.r1iT .r,h LgIf rsf Ffe,LgtfI
Er4n .-r ed mart ne abyt~ fguf sai-s
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JOHN -. G.4LL.4HER.


81 Nmay be well enough to remind adler.
Users, that all notices, not ordered for any spe-
cial number of insertions, arc continued uniil
forbid, aud charged at % cents per square Jor
siet aai ersTy continuance. This explanation
Is the more necessary, because. sometimes,
persons who give Us no directions arc wonder.
fully surprised that VIC should charge them
the usual rates Of advertising, after inserting
their fsvors for months. Remember, if few
quarters arc expended through inat,ention,
the fault - not ours. IL is our business 10
charge for our labor--ris the business OF
others TO say to what extent they arc " illing
To be charged.
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Coach Mandatory.
THOMAS SHEPARD

~ mehesitr, LondoHn street, feir doors NORTH
Of the Tdiiey Emk,)
ID ESPECTfULLY informs his friends and
n > the public generally, that lac has JUS,
returned from the Northern cities, Mt which
places he purchased n general assortment OF
materials, among which are all sorts OF Brass
Mounting. lie fees assured that ne oan fur
nish his work at As low prices a. can lie had
OF the same quality in th,s OF any other place
lie Is now prepared 10 make. ut the shortest
notice, any description of C.!RRLfGES and
when novelty i required lac will prepare a
drI"iaS u suft the IDEAS oi persons wishing H.
Repair, of every description, in his line.
done Ia tie best manner aai on the most ac-
commodat.ng term-. OIL work pair,r.l with
the same care ~ new, ard y "a Il. patel. 500
He has several secondhand Carriages. Ba-
rouches ami Gigs, which he will sell low
Orders from a distance executed with puuc-
tuality.
All kinds of silver and brass plating done
at h'' establishment, IN the best and cheapest
manner.
April IL, ls33.-ly.
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IA'lIE highest price in merchandise will b,
gwen TOT Az quantity Of WOOL, eitheI
waAhcd or unwashed, by
WM CLEVELAND l. co.
Charlestown, May ,, 1888.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1833-05-16

HAVE received and opened a splendid as
II sortment of Fancy Calicoes, Italian Lus-
trings, Gro. do Swiss, Gro. de Naples Silks,
blonde Gauze Wells, liernaui, Fancy Grape,
Nlandariuc and GauLe Handkerchief, figured
aud plain Gauge and lustring Ribbons, Bolivar
Hats, Tuscan and Leghorn Braid Bonnots
GEO. HUMPHREYS,
Gross corner from the BaGk.
Char'cstown, April l., 1888.
p. S. Il Barrels superfnc FLOUR. suitable
for family use. Also, quantity OF POTA-
TOES. g.. ~.
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''1'y Pliny gives tbs character sf true
6"'y Tie doing What deserves 70 h. writ
ven hha wiring What deserve 20 BE- fcrJ
= 80 "'ss'Ns 'he World tl,s tapp.ti aDd better
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R''r!-rni', ESAis tie thin ys sslich are Crsa,.'s
ruEws"S r-pc,G liy requests l,i, friend, thu.
editor "t the virginia fr,- P.cs- 80 st,.,. tn.
riSr oi plagiarism vhi,h y iti,iial ii in, Tia.
ihir1duttnry remarks u has - Far,.~ei!'' al, 4,
sustain Il bs ccicring the lines, With ccrt,inty ,o
nuthcr aTti,pr. He does n.t attlibu,. a., hu,
thu best nIot!.vs e. ;c editor; nor is h,. ~illi.,.
that amy other should Ice attributed 10 him. IhS
lines scrc certainly original vith Thew .on; aud
II they ilat bt.u written b, fore, IL WAS iIuLesL
strange coincidence. Ti,r~ sln Iylir., With rsu-
hLuce, on the promptitidc With whie. the editor
usually dispsnscs Ji,ticc.
th.Ifesio.sii, .tL.y gh.
We ehcerfully do justice to TnKwsoS. W,
I'D think w. hal seen his lines bcfor,-but as Ia,
x'ys they arr original, Nc arr willing To bciicy.
ourselves mistaken. Il would be- impossible 70,
an Editor TO point out, II the thousands OF pare,
which he is compelled u read, lines which mig!,
have made some impression on his memory. Ana
nothing but desire u keep himself clear Of tin,
charge of passing of n-.g, matters which wcry
old, net'ia,cd thc editor Of ths Fro, Press, ia Li
remarks upon The production CT Thew .ou. lie i.
glad hc VAS mistaken.
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N'OTHCE.

a ~ persons indebted To u arc Informed
L "A that their notes and accounts are placed
M the hands Of Andrew Kennedy, Esq. They
are requested ~ call upon him and discharge
them. WM. n. RIDDLE * co.
Charlcs;own. Jan. -, Ic93.
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LAW NOTICE.

ThonsHs ESsn S,rearinSes
HA|iNG rc.rrncd to Virginia, will resume
IN las practice IN the Courts which lac for
mcriy attended, viz the several Courts Of
Jefferson and Berkeley. lie may at all times
b, found a. his Office NJ the Globe tavern.
Shcpherdstown, Feb. ., l-33.-tf.
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POINT OF RocKs HOTEL
Portrait Nr0.rsn.r.

H>HE undersigned respectfully informs the
II citizens Of Charlcstown and vicinity, that
he Is at present at Mr.. Henry HaiDcs' tavern,
where lac designs remaining short time, for
the purpose OF waiting on ladies and5ce atIc-
men who may wish TO have their POR-
TRAITS taken in Crayoa pcnci!ling equal
in appearance to good copper.plate encra,.
ing The nat;cring encouragement which he
received during his former stay in Charles.
town, and the success which attended his eff
forts IN taking correct Likcnesses III all place.
where lie has visited, make him feel conf.
dent that he will give satisfaction to those
may now Patronize him at this place II dc.
sired, ladies will DC waited OH ut their resi-
ceaces. JOHN TOE.
May ?, lS33.
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II.OOEy

VIE subscriber will give the highes, mar
II ket price for clean WASHED WOOL.
HUMPHREY KEYES.
Charlestown, May ., 1888.
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EOr RenE.

TNTlI. tie first Of April neS 81, the ROOM
e. at present occupied boy the Free Press
Ofiice. Nay ., 1888.
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Sale of School Lands.

the first day Of the April Term of the Cook
~ Circuit Court, 1888, between the hours Of nine
the morning and six O'Clock in the evening Of said
day, the subscriber will offer for sale at Public Ven
due, in the Town of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois,
The ollowing described sections Of LAND, ris.
Section No. sixteen, in Township No. thirty-fye
North, Range eleven East of the third principal me-
ridian; and Section No. sixteen, in Township No.
thirty-sx North, Range nine East Of the third prn
cipal meridian. = fs'' 80
The above described sections of land are situated
IN healthy and fourishing neighborhoods, on the wa
tiers Of Hickory creek and the Dupage river in said
county, having fertile soil with fair proportions Of
The sale will continue from day to day during tile
session OF the said court until the whole Of the sail,
lands shall be offered, in lots of eighty acres
RICHARD. |. HAMILTON, Coni'r
Of School Lands for Cook county, Illinois,
Dec. %, 1882 Ia ot
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Public Notice is Hereby Given

WAT the undersigned has taken out letters Tes.
=. tamentary, Of the last will and testament 81
inonas s'an,eid, deceased, and qualified as such
executor. All persons having claims against tbe nc,
tate Of the said deceased, are hereby notified ard re-
CURED, to exhibit the sameo me, or 10 the Conrt al
Probate for the county of vermilfo, for settlement
within nine months from the date hereof: dated AZ
Danville Illinois, this 9TH day Of Jan. Al. il. teaa
EDWIN G. STANFIELD. Erecator
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Ilion and q .Leir suocess0ry WIN remain lhe

ton and Of their SUCCESSORS will remain the
same
Its to be regretted, however, that these con.
oltlons, even If they had been offered in the
same binding form, arc so underlined, depend
upon SO many contingencies, are SO directly
opposed to the known opinions and interests Of
the great body of the American people, as te
be almost hopeless of attainment The malofi
| ~ OF the states and Of the people will certain.
~ not consent that the protecting duties shall
be wholly abrogated, never to be re-enacted al
any future time or in any possible contingency
as little practicable is it to provide that the
same rate OF, duty shall be imposed upon the
protected articles that shall be imposed upon
the unprotected;" which, moreover, would be
severely oppressive to the poor, and in time of
war, would add greatly to its rigors. And,
though there can be no objection to the princi~
pie, properly understood, that no more revenue
Shall be raised than is necessary for the consti-
tutlonal purposes of the government, winch
the executive as the true basis Of taxation,-
It is very certain that South Carolina alone can
not be permitted TO decide what those consttu-
t1onal purposes are.
The period which constitutes the due time in
be accepted, would seem to present scarcely
less difficulty than the terms themselves.
Though the revenue laws are already declared
to be void in South Carolina, as well as the
bonds taken under them, and the judicial pro-
ceedings for carrying them into effect, yet, as
the full action and operation of the ordnance
IRE to be suspended until the LIST Of February,
the interval may be assumed as the time with
IN which it is expected that the most compicate
portion of the national legislation, a system Of
long standing and affecting great interests in
the community is to be rescinded and abolish-
LED. IT this be required, it is clear that a COM
pliance is impossible.
In the uncertainty, then, which exists as to
the duration Of the ordinance and OF the enact>
ments for enforcing il, it becomes impeiiuusly
The duty OF The executive of the United States,
acting with proper regard to all the great iu-
terests committed to his care to treat those acts
las absolute and unlimited. They are so, as
tar as his agency is concerned. He cannot
either embrace, or lead to the performance Of.
the conditions He has already discharged the
only part IN his power by the recommendations
IN his annual message. The rest is with cons
gress and the people. And, until they have
acted, his duty will require him to look to the
existing state of things, and act under them
Soiuing W MS mgr o6iIga,.aus
Dy .hese various proceedings, therefore, the
STATE OF South Carolina has forced the general
government, unavoidably, to decide the new
ana dangerous alternative Of permitting state
70 oostruct the execution of the laws within its
limits, or seeing it attempt to execute a threat
OF Withdrawing from the Union. Thatportion
|ot the people at present exercising the author
ny OF me state solemnly assert their right to
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TAIxE NOTTCE
NOTICE.

IN the LIST. day of January instant, there WINS
county Illinois, a negro man who calls himself VII
LIAM but says be Stree, and that he was kidnapped
or stolen, by several persons whom he did pot know
and run off down the river to a few miles above New
Orleans, when he was sold to one William c. Burns
from whom he made his escape, and returned up The
river again; he likewise says there three of them
stolen at the same time his mother, brother and him
self, rou whom he, siurt time since, got separated
of age five feet five six inches high, has small
scar on his right cheek bone Just nner the eve and
likewise one barely perceivable in the centre Of his
forehead, said negro is quite black, OF pleasant
speech The owner is hereby requested to come and
make proof of his property, pay charges &C., other
wise said Negro will be dealt with ACCORDING to la,.,
CHAMPION ANDERSON, sie,iG
Of Onion county, Illinois.
Jonesboro' H., Jan. 5th, 1888 i43-6t
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Il
Carolina and Of the United States but the
subjects of foreign states may import any
description or quantity of merchandise into the
Iports of South Carolina, without the payment
|of any duty whatsoever. The state is thus
relieved from the payment Of any part of the
lpublc burhens; and duties and imposts are
not only rendered not uniform throughout the
Y. States, but direct and rpinous preference
lis given to the ports of that state over those of
Jail the other states of the Union, in manifest
lviolation of the positive provisions of the
]constitution.
! lnpoint Of duration, also, those aggressions
upon the authority Of congress, which by the
iordinance, are made part Of the fundamental
law of South Carolina, are absolute, indefinite,
land without limitation. They neither prescribe
the period when they shall cease, nor Indicate
any conditions upon which those who have thus
! undertaken to arrest The Operations of the laws,
are to retrace their steps and rescind their
measures. They offer to the U. States nc
alternative but unconditional submission If
the scope of the ordinance is to be received as
the scale of concession, their demands can be
satisfied only by repeal Of the whole system
OF revenue laws, and by abstaning from the
collection OF any duties and lmposts whatever.
the United States, by the convention Of South
Carolina, after announcing the fixed and final
determination of the state, in relation to the
protecting system, they say, that sit remains
Tor us to submit a plan of taxation inwhich we
would be willing to acquiesce, in liberal spirit
,of concession, provided we are met in due time
and in becoming spirit by he states interested
In manufactures In the opinion of the con-
vention, an equitable plan would be, that ssthe
whole list OF protected articles should be i'm
ported free of all duty, and that the revenue
derived from import duties should be rais-
|ed exclusively from the unprotected articles
'or that when duty is imposed upon protected
articles imported, an excise duty of the same
rate shall be imposed upon all similar articles
manufactured in the United Statesn The
address proceeds to state, however, that they
''are wiling to make large offering to pre-
serve the Union, and with distinct declara,
ZION that as concession on our part, we will
consent that the same rate of duty may be
imposed upon the protected articles that shall
be imposed upon the unprotected, provided that
no more revenue be raised than is necessary
to meet the demands of government for con-
d un 1Ha PE &c asa apb hft al
foreign imports.'
tits also true that in his message to the
legislature, when urging the necessity of pro-
viding ''means OF securing their safety by am
pie resources for repelling force by force,n the
governor of South Carolina observed that he
"cannot but think that on a calm and dispas-
sionate review, by congress and the functiona,
ries Of the general government, of the true
merits of this controversy, the arbitration by
|call of convention of all the states, which we
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A STRAY HORSE

NAkEN U T by Joseph Davis Of Vermillion Conn.
= y, Illinois, an estray horse, Of the Gollowne
description to wit: stud colt of bay colour. leli
nlnd foot white, few white hairs in his forehea,l
tour years old next spring, fourteen hands high
uoar or IN Ears appraised 70
Church and Francis Foley, before Asa me-. Fso
on the 9th day of December, A. D. 1882. 4A
:, A. WILLIAMS, Clerk
Danville Illinois, an. 4th, 1883. I43-3t.
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Notice.

Notice.
"A Ia persons having claims against The estate Of
a. John WOOD, deceased, late of Wabash conn
ty, Illinois, are hereby notified ard requested to en-
hoit the same to us, or to the Court Of Probate Car
s s,iu Souhty OF Wabash, within nine months from
TINS date, RACHEL WOOD, Ereeuifir.
JOHN WOOD, Jr. Erecutor.
December 81, 1882. 4a-4s
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Advertisement.

mo all persons interested in the real estate 81
JAMES HUSTON, late Of Edwards county
Illinois, deceased. sSNs'
Notlce IS hereby sisen, that the subscriber, guar
uin oil said Huson's minor heirs, WILL at thenext
sitting OF the Edwards Circuit Court present to the
sid court petition for partition of said estate 10
be made agreeably to law =
43-4 WILLIAM BATSON Guar.
Albion, Nov. %, 1892 q
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BLANK

WARRANTY and QUIT-OLAIM DEEDS Err
~ ecutions, Summons, Subpenas, and Constable
Bonds ust printed in neat and elegant style and 70,
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TAKEN UP.

Henry Eccles, living three miles North West
=. Of vandala, Fayette county, one sORREL
high, supposed to be eight years old; appraised %
III o, ~ Srorin, le-
lore me, Nov. 18th, 1882, J. T. Ecclcs, J. r.
44-3. JAS. w. BERRY. cpk
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-05-02
MEMORY.

Plaintive, even melancholy as II Of
tentlmes may be, how frequently does
the mind love to turn back upon the
scenes that are gone by. How often
are the thoughts drawn, insensibly as
it were, from the darkness of the flu
ture to the twilight Of the past; to
scefics that family glimmer through
the cold and sombrous lapse of days,
and months, and years. A pleasing
melancholy comes over the full soul,
as the green spots on the deserts Of
life come up before the eye of the i'm
agination, and ties as strong as
those Of first love, bind us unconscious.
ly to scenes where once conferred all
our joys. Such are the "reminiscences
Of childhood and youth; such are the
forms pictured upon the sunny surface
of the past--whcn the heart beats JOY
ously; when every path was strewcd
with flowers--when all above was a
cloudless sky--and when all around
was sunshine! fever, a man enjoys
happiness, il is in The spring time Of
life, when his hope first begins to bud
and blossom. To his Elusive eye the
future appears bright as the visions of
an elysian dream. But soon the frost
of disappointment comes--old age
steals .salong with silent trcad'--and
all but the recollection of enjoyment
perishes.
Still memory, like every thing else
connected with our worldly enjoy
ments, has its pleasures and IFS pains
its joys and its sorrows. The latter
too often hold melancholy prcdomi-
nance. Memory's page is the record
Of events which have marked our che
quered course of life. 1t is that sssim-
pie" unvarnished tale of truth which
remains Of the joys or sorrows that
are past
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sRcmarks, SC. on Italy, y. 95, note, Cd edit
I'D. q. NJ.
Francisco Pctrarcha
Parmcnsi Archidiacono
Parentibus praclaris genere pcrantiquo
Ethices Chtistiana scriptori exiniio
Romano lingua restitutori
Etrusc1 principi fcite
Africa OBJ curmen hac in urbc peractum regbus ac
S. p. q. X. laurea donata.
Tanti Viri
Juvenilium juvenis scnilium scncx
Studiosissmus
Comes Nicoaus Cononicus Cognarus
Marmorea proxima ara excitata.
Ibique coadito
Diva JanuariT cruento corpora
III. NJ p
Sufiectum
SEED mira meritum Francisco scpnlchro
suInma hac in ede eficrri mandantis
81 Parm9 occumbcret
Extera morte hcu nobs ercpti
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-"Ofhopcs deceived:
OF faded dreams Of bliss:
or joys we vainly had believed,


II tells us Of the time when pleasure
sled us captive at her car" and when
youthful hope 'the music ofthe mind"
turned TO all its charms. The tenor of
our past life may have been almost un-
varying: Yet its cycnness and the me-
mory steals upon us like dizziness
upon the brain. Some object around
which our hopes clustered may have
vanished when almost within our
grasp. We felt the keenness of dis
appointment and even now the remem-
brance brings sadness to the soul. We
may have seen the grave close over
those whom we loved, and that grave
seemed the sepulchre of our hopesi 1t
is human nature--it is weakness.
TIE New Contineat.--1t is supposed
that Che newly discovered continent
mentioned in our last forms part of a
vast continent, extending from about
long. At deg. 80 min. K. to long. 90
deg. 9min. w. or from the long. of
Madagascar round the whole of the
Southern and South Pacific Oceans, as
far as the longitude ofCape Horn. On
the 2sth Feb. 1881, Captain Briscoe
discovered land, and during the follow
ing month remained in the vicinity
He clearly discovered the black peaks
of mountains above the snow; but he
was, from the state OF the weather,
unable to approach nearer than about
80 miles. The stormy petrals were
the only birds seen, andno fish. There
was no vestige of animal or vegetable
life.-Eiterary Gazette,
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We understand that Mr. Clay intends
to visit Boston in The course Of the sum-
mer. and that the time OF his visit viii
probably be in the month ofJuly.-B.
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Mr.. Webster is expected 10 visit the
Western County some time This summer.
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The house in which he lodged is shown
in Venice. The inhabitants of Arezzo,
in order TO decide the ancient contro.
versy between their city and the neigh
bouring Ancisa, where Petrarch was
carried when seven months old, and
remained until his seventh year, have
designated by a long inscription the
spot where their great fellow citizen
was born. A tablet has been raised
to him at Parma, in the chapel of st.
Agatha, at the cathedralf because he
was an archdeacon Of that society, and
was only snatched from his intended
sepulture in their church by foreign
death. Another tablet and bust has
been erected to him at Parvia, on ac-
count of his having passed the autumn
of 1865 in that city, with his son-in-
law Brossano. The political condition
which has for ages precluded the ltah-
ans from the criticism Of the living,
has concentrated their attention to the
illustration of the dead.
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MARTINsBURG, VA) THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1888.

grating, his chair and desk, his por-
trait in fresco, and Laura's, and the
small closet-like room where he died.
1t was an interesting visit, and we re-
turned by the golden twilight of this
heavenly climate, repeating Childe Har-
old, and wishing for his pen to describe
afresh the scene about US.