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DFSt o~bct@ ~heDJ $"toS tOCs
~ NOW PREDICT that in a few we'd
FELT will be one Of the best sfallioI
in America ! am sure from the Al
pearance of Fclt's colts here and
England, no horse can boast Of Bet
Or more promising progeny. They "
be, inmy opinion, very guished
the turf and under the. saddle-yl
every where. The. colts by our il
ported horses are winnings all our stak
in the best possible style and manne
out of 10 races in which the import
horses colts have started, they hal
won 9'races, and but for the unkil
running Of colt would have, won i
other race. There were %, or 80 sd
scribers to the large Petersburg stake
of these there were 8 or 8 by our, nd
ses, the rest 20 or upwards by Amej
can stallions-the colts by our hors|
run LIST. I'd. Sd. and 4th., in the rad
won at4 heats, track very heavy al
time good each heat--it is allowed |
all parties to be the best race ever n
over the coarse.-There were IL sd
scribers to the other stake at Newmd
ket, 4 BY our horses and s by NATIVE
won at 2 heats by Major Ridley's q
(by imported horselin I'm. 53sec, Al
I'm. 52sec. very easily The colts /
imported horses run in the large stall
at Lawrencevills, 800 dollars entrapg2
were placed LIST. I'd. and 3D., I'LL
were as many or more colts BY nati1
than by imported hozses,-AAS Belfil
they wen 3 stakes in first rate style \
time, repeating in,2 Of them in Il
52sec. and imported horses colts ed
tendingfor 2 Of the races; to one ofthl
stakes there were 8 sunscIibersand q
ly one colt by our horses qualified
start. In FELT you now have one|
the very best--a better horse in Il
humble opinion than Luzborough /
Fylde, and see how their colts run.
JOSIAH VIM. WAREl
Near Berryville Clarke co. Va.
May IL, 1874. 81
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-03
A NOBLE ACT,

Prior to the recent Presidential election a
bet of 81 200 was made by JOHN A. BRYAN,
Esq; and Col. GARDINER, now deceased, up
on the result of the election. The money was
won by Mr. Bryan, and the payment of the
sum fully secured by check endorsed by one
of the wealthiest citizens of Columbus. A
few days after the death of Col. Gardiner, Mr..
Bryan addressed small note to the widow of
the deceased enclosing the check giving d
bTiefhstory of the transaction, and begging
her to accept the same. 1t was accepted we
have been informed, and the thanks of the be-
reaved family rendered to Mr. Bryan.-This
may be called a noble act-Dayton Herald.
An act that should be proclaimed Is COM
mended.--Cin. GAIL
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From the New York Journal of Commerce.
THE PLAGUE. 81

In the news by the last arrival from
England it was mentioned that much
alarm had been occasioned in the neigh
borhood of the London Docks, by the
sudden death of two men who had as
sisted in unloading vessel freighted
with rags from Trieste. 1t was feared
they had died of the Plague. Altho'
this apprehension was probably incor-
rect, we are not SO sure that England is
safe from such an invasion, or the U.
States either. It is well known that
the clothes of persons who died of the
Plague, or clothes in which they have
slept, unless very thoroughly cleansed
end purified, are almost certain to COM
municate the disease. And as we are
continually importing rags from the
Mediterranean, it will be fortunate if
we donot get spice ofthe Plague with
them. We commend to the notice of
.,satle public, and especially to the par
cites more immediately interested, the
following paragraph from Blackwood's
Magazine for April:
stWhile England swells with faction,
France with faction, Germany with
faction, Spain with faction, there is an
enemy in the wind that may yet sum
mon the restless mind of Europe. to
sterner lessons. The plague is declar-
ed to be extending its terrible circle
round the MEDITERRANEAN. In Con-
stantinople ali seems horror-there it
has ragged with undated fury ior SIX
months; and the city is depopulatlnIg,
hour by hour, from the double effect
of death and fear. Seventeen thoas,
and ofthe Greek inhabitants, have hed
the Armenian patriarch has lately
delivered fifteen thousand passports IN
the course of few days, and the gen
eral population has been thus dimln-
ished by upwards ofone hundred thou-
sand since last September. From TINS
centre of death it has spread westward
on both shores. It is said to have reach
cd Salonica on the north and Tunis on
Che south. How long It may be Kept
but of Etrope IN general is question
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= The MEXICAN Extraordinarily
Globe of Monday night~ays:

Globe of Monday nightsays;
"The reports in the newspapers with
regard to the release of the Mexican
vessel Urea, by Commodore Dallas,
we had no doubt were unfounded, as
they have proved to be. He holds that
vessel subject to the orders of the Ex-
ecutive. AS she was captured by way
of reprisal it is presumed she will be
restored to the Mexican Government.
Outrageous as the conduct of the Mex
lean fleet has been, in making indis-
criminately, prizes Of all American
vessels bound to Texas, there is no au-
thority for the very effective, and under
the circumstances, excusable remedy,
applied by the Natchez.
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Circuit Superior Court Of Low and
Ctancery for Hampshire County, A.
pril Term, 1887.
John D. Sutton, plaintiff, ! on writ of
against right,
John McHenry, David Hoffman, Geo.
w. Dobbin and Charles F. Mayer,
tenants,
this day came the parties by their
Attornies, and on the motion ofthe de-
mandant,i it is ordered, that the survey
Or of Hampshire County, do go upon
the lands in controversy upon the
day of next, if fair, if not, on
the next fair day, and survey and lay
off the same as either party shall re-
quire, and return five fair platts andre
ports thereof to the Court; and that a.
nv one of the Justices of the said
County, do then and there meet him,
and examine and take dispositions of
such witnesses as shall be produced by
either of the parties, which are to be
returned with such platts and reports,
and the Sheriff of the said County is
to attend said survey and remove force
if any shall be offered. A copy
Teste, 49,,
JOHN B, WHITE, c. Ii. c.
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JOHN B. WHITE, c. H. c.

The defendants named in the above
order, will please fake notice, that the
surveyor Of Hampshire County, has
appointed the It'll day of july neat, to
carry the same into effect, at which
time said tenants are hereby warn
ed 10 attend said survey. Yours, sc.
JOHN D. SUTTON.
By his Counsel.
L,ne g. lS37.-tdtd.
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Wren g. White.

HAVE JUST RECEIVED. few
a few Barrels Of FRESH HERRING
which they will sell on very moderate
terms, by the barrel or dozen,
May 81, 1887;
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FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Office of the True American,

May p. :
Commodore Dallas has taken the
thing in hand. We hear from Pensa-
cola yesterday, that he had sailed fol-
the coast Of Mexico with four sloops &
a schooner Of war, to demand the re-
lease of the lately captured American
vessels, and reparation for the injuries
done our commerce.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-03

A NEW FkoJEcT-We received, through
the Pest office, yesterday, an article Upon the
severity of our climate, attributlhg it to the
existence of the great fresh water lakes to the
north ofus, and proposing to IMPROVE the eli
mate-BY DRAINING THE tAKEs!!!
Truly, this is the age of experiments
our correspondent has misdireeted his com
munication: he should have sent it to the Her
mitage. Doctor jackson, having IMPROVED
the currency until it is dead, will, no doubt,
have abundant leisure, and an eager desire, to
try his hand at IMPROVING the climate. In
deed, itwould have been well if he had made
his first experiment, and tried his prentice
hand, in improving the climate. In. doing
that, if he had done no good, he could not
have killed his patient.-Pittsburg Gazette
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audience, determining not to be out
done, replied, that was by no means re-
markable, for that a vessel he was in,
had on similar occasion, lost her
main-topsail, and the next morning
they saw whale scudding along with
the canvass tied round its neck by way
OF cravat.
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.SesU Spring eyasd Summer
GOONS.
THE SUBSCRIBER

III AS just received and is now OPEN
= = ing his Spring supply of GOODS,
which will be sold low for Cash, Pro-
duce, or on credit to punctual men.
lie hopes his customers and the public
generally will give him call.
@ ALL persons indebted to the late
firm Of Charles L. Wren & Co., are re-
quested to come forward and settle their
accounts without delay.
JOHN MCDOWELL.
May ~, 1887.
@ All current BANK NorEs re-
ceiyed IN payment Of debts and Goods;
most thankfully. ]. Med.
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Where is Catharisae Smith,

THE subscriber wishes to be ,infor-
med where Mrs. Catharine Smith
(christian name, Catharine Kane re-
sides, formerly Of York, Pa, 1t would
be to her advantage if she could let him
know where he can find her. He will
be thankful for any information in re-
lation to her,, Letters addressed to the
subscriber and sent to the Post Office
at York, Pa, will be attended to.
May 81. PETER WEIGEL.
Blonkstor sails at this "OFFICR,"
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A ToUeH YARN.-An English pa
per gives a tough yarn spun by "a eel
ebrated Admiral connected with the
late ministry" On an occasion while
relating the history ofa gale which he
had encountered while conveying a
squadron of merchantmen to Pondi-
cherry, and which had proved fatal to
one Of the ships under his charge
aBut the most extraordinary part Of the
whole, !" said he, ''is, thatthe vessel hav-
ing been laden with hosiery, we obser-
we'd all the porpoises next morning
wearing red night caps" One of his
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-03

COMING DowN,-The New York Star saws
Beef, which was last week at 10 and Is
cents, is reduced fro@ 8 to IL l-2c., and al
most every ps.slIs-an proportion.
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CHARLESTON, May "a.

Capt. BRooKs, of the steamboat Santee,ar-
rived here yesterday from lake Monroe, via
Black Creek, states that the Chief CoAHADJo
came into fort Mellon on the 18th inst He
Informed that the whole body of Indians
would move on their way to Tampa on the
2lst inst, and that it would take about sit
days for them to cross the country.
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The Legislature of New Jersey con-
vened at Trenton on the 22nd ult.
Nj ARRIED.

On Wednesday the oath ult. in Moorefeld,
Mr.. JULIUs c. WADDELL, of Winchester, to
Miss MARY JANE M6LLIN, daughter of
Mullin, Esq.
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The Alexandria Gazette informs us that
preparations are making to furnish the Presi-
dents house in new and costly style of mag
nifcence, which will eclipse even the former
georgeousness which was exhibited in some
Of the rooms of that mansion. Alas, for the
'Republican sensibilities" of the author Of
the East Room letter.-Lynch. Virg.
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II cannot imagine" said an Alder
man-''why my whiskers should turn
grey so much sooner than the hair on
my head" Because" observed a
wag, "you have worked so much more
with your jaws than your brains"
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Oh extreme anxiety. Our perpetualin.
'efcourse with the Mediterranean ports
our criminal disregard of precaation,
tne still more criminal avidity of cur
commerce n for gain, in all quarters, and
at all risks, render England more liza
pie thsn any other country to this most
dreadful Of all scourges.-Nothing but
the hand OF Providence could have hith
eTto preserved Europe; yet undoubt-
edly we have right to call upon au-
,hor1ty to protect us from the hideous
hazards mercantile avarice. One of
the papers mentions, few days since,
that we are at this moment driving a
trade with ConstantinopIe in rags for
paper making, and that no less than 80
oales OF those rags have been lately
consigned in one cargo. There can be
scarcely doubt that those rags came
from the beds and bodies of infection.
The chief communication of the
plague In all ages has been by fragments
OF clothing. Can we regard ourselves
as safe from this deepest of all desola-
tors till such transactions are inquired
into and exposed?
The official Editor explains, in his
last number, that what he said, in pre-
cedlng number, in allnsion to curren-
cy to be composed Of Treasury drafts,
was intended merely as an individual
suggestion" That is to say, the pro-
Ject OF a Treasury currency is not a
project of the Executive of the United
States, but a project Of somebody else.
We are glad to hear ii.
1t would be great relief to the pub
lie mind to know what IS the project
of the Administration for the relief of
the country from the collapse into
which it has, by its measures, thrown
the commerce and industry ofthe coun-
try, of which a pure currency is the vi
tai fluid. IF the Executive means to
do nothing, but to rely on the action of
Congress, it is important even in that
view that some ineligible intimation
should be given of the real purpose Of
the Executive; that an opportunity
may be given to the Representatives Of
the People to ascertain their opinion
and will on the subject before they
leave home to attend Congress.
Nat. INTEL
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Flour is selling at Pittsburg, Pa, at Four
Dollars per barrel.
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NOtice.

RksS@THE NOTES given at the FIST
&c sale of property belonging to
George Eskridge, decd, will fall due
on the third day Of Jatne, at which time,
I expect all who gave their NOTES to
lift them, as indulgence cannot nor
will not be granted.
JOHN MYERS, Erecui0.
Of Geo. Eskr1dge, deed.
May ~, 1857.
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In New York city all the Hotels, Refeeto-
ries, sc. SC. have issued smsll notes.
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From the Globe.

The American vessel Champion, car
ried into Metamoras with a cargo worth
from $4,000 to 100000, has been
condemned as lawful prize by the
Mexican authorities, for being on voy-
age to the blockaded ports of Texas.
The Julius Cesar will probably share
the same fate, and all other American
vessels captured by the Mexicans. A
messenger is on his way to make de-
inland for redress in these and all other
cases or outrage upon the United States
by Mexico.
Hopes are entertained that the good
sense of the new President will dictate
the answer to this demand, and that
prompt justice will render any action
of Congress at the session of Septem-
Der unnecessary. Should these hopes
be disappointed, the early meeting of
Congress will be fortunate for those of
our fellow-citizens who are engaged in
commerce In the Gulf of Mexico.
1t may be of use to distant readers to state
that, in this city, Specie is at premium of
about ten per cent. over District Bank Notess
that Bank Notes Of the South and West ,ever
of South Carolina Banks, are at discount of
from fifteen to twenty-five per cent. in COM
parison with District Bank paper-that is,
from twenty five to thirty five per cent. below
Specie. We know that this is monstrous,
and deplorable, the paper Of those Banks be-
ing as good as that OF any Banks in the Union.
But such is the catastrophe of t'the Expert
ment.' The paper of Our banks is, we sup
pose, deprecated, in correspondent degree.
inremote parts ofthe country. There IS, in
fact, NO circulating medium. Int
G- From the Rockingham Register it ap-
pears that the Commissioners, appointed by
the las. Baltimore annual conference, TO per
fern certain duties towards carrying into eff
feet the lauda6le enterprise of founding fe-
male academy iii Harrisonburg or its immedi-
ate vicinity; have discharged those duties, SC
far as to determine to build without delay
such house as can be erected for the sum of
six thousand dollars. 1t will be designed for
central building, to which wings may be
added hereafter as the wants of the institution
may require. As to the site selected, for this
building, the Register observes, it is three
acre lot situated directly west oftown, and in
its immediate vicinity; high, airy and COM
mandinga fine view of the surrounding eoun-
Try, and will exhibit the building as among the
first objects that will meet the eye, from whate-
yer direction you may approach the town.
COMING DowN,-The New York Star saws
Beef, which was last week at 10 and Is
cents, is reduced froW 8 to IL l-2c., and al
most every tlihS s.elts-aif proportion.
Flour is selling at Pittsburg, Pa, at Four
Dollars per barrel
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Senator. was deeply cut by the con-
temptuous treatment which his bill re-
ceived from the. Executive and that he
IS open-mouthed in his condemnation
ofthat treatment-and that some of his
very near kin and many of his intimate
trends, are as violent as any Wings in
denouncing Benton, reprobating the
usurpation in reference to the Specie
Circular, and otherwise eavilling atthe
wisdom Of Van and his culinary advi-
sers.-Rich. Wing.
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From the Cumberland Civilian, May 81.

DIED-In this town, on Saturday e.
vening last, the both inst. after severe
illness of one week, JOHN MCNEIL,
Sen'r., Esq, in the Goth year of his age,
one of our Oldest and most respectable
citizens. Mr.. Mcneil had filed ma
ny offices Of trust-he was for many
years one ofthe Judges ofthe Orphans
Court, an Office he held at the time of
his death-and in all stations he had
sustained, we may say almost univer-
sally, the good feelings and appreciation
of his fellow-citizens. As a member
OF the Methodist Episcopal congrega-
ton, of which he was a principal lead
er for upwards of thirty years, he was
truly devout, and was at all times looks
ed up to as father and counsellor, and
as an exemplary pioneer in the cause
of Christ. He has left an aged widow,
a number of children and grand
dren, and many friends, who will long
remember him for his kindly DISPOSE
ton, and whose loss will be mourned
by them in that spirit of remembrance
due to departed worth. C.
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REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE

REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.
In 1911 the charter of the old Bank
of the U. s. expired. The states be-
ing no longer restrained by National
Bank, commenced chartering local in
stitutions, & {Sgin five years the coun-
try was inundated with the most worth
less currency, when Mr.. Dallas, then
at the head of the Treasury, officially
informed Congress that the revenue
could not be collected, or the currency
restored without National Bank. MIR.
Madison, then President, also recon-
mended it, and the late U. S. Bank
was accordingly established in 1916,
five years after the old Bank expired.
The currency was at once restored to
sound state and remained so until
1882, at which time there was not a
bank note in circulation under par.
July 10, 1882, Gen. jackson, with Van
Buren, at his back counselling and advi-
sing the measurs, vetoed the Bank.
Immediately, as before, the states, went
to work, being no longer restrained by
National Bank, and now, in 1887,
@just five years, and again we have
the same state Of things--a worthless,
deprecated currency--the country ru-
ined-suits, sacrifices, and sales COM
ing as before. And why is it so Who
can doubt as to the cause? 1.-THE u.
S. Bank had remained as it was, the
currency of the country would have
continued sound and prosperous as it
was before the Bank charter was veto
ed. Precisely five years interviewed
between the destruction of the old U.
S. Bank and the destruction of the cur
rency and exactly the same time five
years. from the destruction of the late
U. S. Bank, and the very same result
has happened.
Van Buren, has publickly and uni
formly declared against the U. s. Bank,
the Tariff, and the Internal Improve
ment system, and see what his policy
has brought upon the country, and yet
he has advocates amongst us. His
policy may ruin the country, and yet
there are men either too blind or vi
cious to see and acknowledge it.
Uniomtoacn (Pa.) Democrat.
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MRS. HAMMER,
SWaAyVT'Tsas aKER,

INFORMS the citizens OF Romne,
and its vicinity, that she has commen
ced the above business, in the Office ad
joining the dwelling of Mr.. John T
Moreland.
She hopes by unremitting attention
to business, to merit liberal share 0
patronage.
Romney, May 20, ls37.--3tpd.
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&An attempt was made few days
ago to assassinate Judge KING, of Phil-
adelphia, by man who thought he was
aggriesed by decision ofthe Judge in
Court. He had presented pistol to
his breast, in the room Of the Judge,
but, through the presence Of mind of
Mrs. KING, he was saved. She, hear
ing some disturbance, rushed into the
room, and throwing herself between
them, changed the direction of the muz-
zle.h The contents were lodged in the
floor. The man was Immediately ar
rested Gettysburg Sentinel.
1t appears that the suspension cf snecie
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Goods! GOods!!

THE subscriber has the pleasure .
announcing to his friends and the pub
lie; in general, that he has recently re
turned from Baltimore with neat AMI
large assortment Of DRY GOODS d
every description. and Of good quail
tY,--also, a large Quantity of
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DIED, at Alexandra, D. C. on Friday May
10Th, in the 3Sd year of his age, the Reverend
WILLIAM FIrzHUGH LEE, son of Ed
mund J. Lee, Esq, and Editor Of the South
ern Churchman printed at Richmond, Va.
=, In Winchester, on the morning of the
29th ult. Mr.. CONRAD KkEMER, in the 91st
year of his age.
=, At Nashville, Glenn on the 10th ult.
Mr.. JOHN CocKRELL, native Of Winches-
ter, Va. aged eighty years.
1t is with pain we have to announce the
death of JOHN R. KEY, Esq, of Washington
City, Attorney at Law, and son of Francis S.
Key, Esq.
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Masonic.

THE ensuing anniversary of st.
JOHN THE BAPTIST, will be celebrated
by Equality Lodge, No. 1876, in Mar
tinsburg, Va, on the oath day of June
next. All the neighbcring Lodges,
and all brethren ,ln regular standing,
are respectfully invited to attend;
Harrison Waite, Edmund p. Hunter,
Peter GARNER, .4nthony Chambers,
Jacob Van Doren, Richard BeaH.
Committee Of arrangements.
June 3, 1887.
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ggroeeties,
War0t,are, aueetrs-

a0dTe, stationery y medicines
All Of which he proposes selling ver|
low for Cash, Country produce, or d
credit to punctual customers. He hid
also received new supply lof CHI
NEESE. RAZORS, of the best quail
ty. Those in search Of bargains wi
please call at his store opposite M
VIM. Armstrong; hotel, and judge "a
themselves.
WILLIAM VANCE.
Romney, May ID, 1887.
@ ALSO, on hand a good assor1
ment OF, POTTER SHIRE. Couu
try produce of every description take
in exchange for GOODS. w. v.