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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-03-16

TERMS OF THE SPECTATOR.

The Spectator is published, weekly, by
HARPER g. SosEY, at Iwo Dollars a
year. if paid in adrance, or T,Uo Dollars
and Fifty Cents. after the expiration Of
the first sir months.
No paper wiH be discontinued until oil
urreGrages are paid.
@ ADVERTISEMENTS not ezceeding
ONE SQUARE Of printed matter. are in
serted three ,oesks for one dollar each
continuance after, t,oenty. fire cents. Lurg-
er advertisements in the same proportion.
AL letters must be "post paid"
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KNIOra1na Seminary.

The twelfth Session of this Institution
will commence on the first day Of May,
and close on the last day of September.
Mrs. SHEFFEY is induced to give this
early notice that her friends at a dis
lance may not be influenced by any re-
port that her School is to be discoatin.
aed. She has never. for moment, en-
tertainsd the thought Of abandoning it.
The School is now IN sound and health
full condition; more so, perhaps, than at
any former period and on its re- open
ing In May, will be conducted with still
more vigor and efficiency. as it will be
supplied with several additional teachers.
The Music Department will have two
experienced instructors. and all who are
DESTROYS of taking lessons on the Piano,
or the Guitar, can be accommodated.
The course of study is of the most
liberal kind, embracing all the branches.
both useful and ornamental, that are
taught in the best Female Seminaries.
The School is furnished with Maps and
Globes; LibEary Of near 600 we'll Sc
Hcted volsmss apparatus for illustrate
ing the netural sciences, and instruments
for the music scholars to practise their
lessons.
Mrs. SnKfFKY thinks it unnecessary
to give list Of references. She is graf
lied to hear, from many friends abroad,
OF their continued aud Increasing coafi-
deace In her School and takes the liber-
~ TO conelsde this notice, by the follow.
ing extract Of letter from the Rev. Nj
cholas II. Co6bs, of Ly nchburg
~ wish to be recognized as decided
friend to your Seminary. AS long as you
may consent to take charge of Female
Seminary, l shall feel NO hesitancy in
recommending it to the patronage OF the
public"
StauHten, Feb'y Is. lS37.--tf
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VIRGINIA

At Rules held in the Clerk Office Of
the Circuit Superior Court Of Law aud
Chancery for Augusta County the 9th
day of February, 1887.
William Moore, plaintif-against
William Inglis, administrator Of Cyrus
Hyde. deceased, Andrew w. Game,
ron. admir- de 6Osis non OF John H..
Hyde, decd, William Lusk. HaIbert
Mcclure. Jr. and Alexander, Nicho-
las, Mary, Sally, Moses, William and
David Mcclure, heirs and representa-.
tives of Moses McC. Mcclure, ice q. anu
his personal representative.
Moses Mcclure, Jr. only child and
heir Of Halbest Mcclure, decd, and
the personal representative
Of the said Halbert Nc Clure deceased,
Margaret Young, widow of James
Young, deceased, Andrew, Susannah,
Jane, Margaret, Anu, James, Rachel.
Thomas. Betsy and Robert Young,
heirs of the said James Young, deco
and Joseph Allen, late Sheriff oil
Rockbridge county, his adm'r-Wil-
liam, John and Samuel Patterson,
heirs of William Patterson, deceased,
and Jesse Scott, admir- Of the said
William Patterson, deceased-Daniel
Hoffman, James Kepnaday, David s..
Moore and Samuel Forsythe defts.
The defendants Andfew Young,
James Kennedy and Daniel Hoffman
not having entered their appearance and
given security, according TO the act of
Assembly, and the Rules of this Court,
and it appearing by satisfactory evidence
that they are not inhabitants of this
Commonwealth: 1t is ordered, that the
said defendants do appear here on the
first day Of the next term doth Of June, }
and answer the bill and supplemental bill
ofthe plaintiff ; and that copy OF this or
der be forthwith inserted in some news
paper printed in Stanton, for eight
weeks successfully, and posted at the
front door of the Court hosse Of Augusta
county. A aopy-Teste.
I3] NiCH'S c. KINNEY, C. C.
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On, (VIRGINIA,) THURSDAY, MARCH l6 1897.
VIRGINIA,

Ctrcut superior Court OF Lao and Chan
Gerry for Augusta County-Jsne Term
Thursday l6ih. 1886.
Esther Smith Stevenson and Others
heirs of George P. Stevenson. deceas.
ed, plaintiffs-against
Erasmus Stribliag, Ex'r. of Jacob Kin.
ney, &c. defendants.
ut is further adjudged, ordered and
decreed. that Moses McCue, deputy
Sheriff Of this County. who is hereby ap.
pointed Commissioner for that pur
pose, do forthwith convey unto John
peterborough. John H. Cooke and
Randolph Han rison, trustees for the Gre
ditors Of Wilson Carey Nicholas, decd
by sufficient deed with special warran-
ty Lot No. |, as laid down in the report
made by the Commissioners appointed
for that purpose, and now filed amongst
the papers in that cause. containing :3:37
acres: and that the same Commissioner
do forthwith execute and file with the
Clerk OF this Court. to be approved by
the Court, another good and sufficient
deed with special warranty to the plain
t!ffs Esther Smith Stevenson, Elizabeth
Augusta Stevenson, Maria Louisa Ste
venson. and George Pitt Stevenson,
heirs Of George Stevenson, deceased.
1T is further adjudged, ordered and
decreed, that unless the plaintiffs or some
one oil them, or some one for them, do
within six months from the date of the
last mentioned deed. pay unto the de-
PENDANT Erasmus Stribling, Executor of
Jacob Kinney, deceased. the sum of thir-
ty-hve pounds six shillngs and eleven
pence. currency of Virginia, with inter-
est thereon from the Sth of August, 1913,
that being the balance of purchase money
due for said land, as appears by a settle
ment Of that date, between said Execu.
tor and Peter Carr, filed by the PLAIN
tiffs with their bill, then he the said Mo-
ses McCue, who is hereby appointed
Com'r for that purpose, after first having
advertised the lime and place of sale in
some newspaper published in Stanton,
and also in some newspaper published
in Charlottesville, for at least four weeks,
shall proceed to sell said land hereby
directed to be conveyed to Stevenson's
heirs, or SO much thereof as may be ne
cessary to raise the said sum of money.
with its interest and costs of sale.''
HAVING complied with the requisi-
tons contained in the above decree, and
by virtue of the authority vested in me
thereby, will proceed to sell, on the
premises, TO the highest bidder for cash,
On Saturday the 25th of March next, the
TRACT OF LAND
above referred to, containing 3I5 acres,
situate on Back creek, 10 Augusta coun-
ty, adjoining the lands of Archibald Stu
arts heirs and others.-This land is fine
ly timbered, and has a fine stream Of
water running through its centre, on
whic:, saw ,,i.i might be proftably
constructed. The soil also is of good
quality, and no doubt it deserves the at
tention Of SPECTATORS.
MOSES McCUE, Com'r.
Feb'y %, 1887.
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AT County Court of Augusta, held at
the Court house Of said County, on

AT County Court of Augusta, held at
the Courthouse Of said County, on
Monday the 23d day OF Jan'y, 1887
An instrument Of writing, purporting
to be the nuncupative Will Of William
Miller. decd. was presented in Court
And it appearing to the Court that Hen
ry G. Miller, William Lewis, Nancy
Lewis. Rachel Lewis and John Lewis,
infant children Of William Lewis, de-
ceased, and Eliza his wife, formerly f.
liza Miller, and who are heirs and re-
Prese ntatives Of said William Miller,
deceased, and ire not inhabitants of this
Common wealth 1t is ordered, that I'M
less they shall enter their appearance
here on OF before the fourth Monday in
April next, and>shew cause to the con.
trary, that the instrument Of writing a.
foresaid will be admitted to record as
the nuncupative Will of the said Will
liam Miller. And it is further ordered
that the Clerk of this Court do forthwith
insert copy OF this order in some news
paper published in the town OF Staun-
ton, for two months SUCCESSFULLY, and
that another copy thereof be posted at
the front door of the Court house of this
county.
An Extract-Teste,
l0J JEFFERSON KINNEY, CPk.
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NOTICE..

ALL those indebted to the estate Of
JOSEPH COWAN, deceased, are re-
quested to come forward and make pay
ment, or settle their accounts, without
delay. JOHN COWAN,
A. =. COWAN,
Sept. 22. 1886. Adm'rs
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when tle' shall have laid in full supply,
il will be iull time 10 dispose of the rest of
the pubic lands to squatlers, or to return
them to he states, or 10 do any thing with
them you please. | shall be guided entirely
by Congress. The democratic party hav-
ing The first choice, the aristQcrats may take
the mainder. This, however, l shall
leave to your future wisdom.
This is great commercial age-I am
from great commercial state. II is also
nm ace OF civilization and refinement. The
great principle oi modern times is that eve
ry thing is worth monev-and every thing
can be bought Tor lis value. What is call
ed corruption is merely virtue in n state Of
commercial distribution. New York has
attained her great wealth, power and pop
ulaiun by buying and selling every thing
goods, merchandise, -four, banks, men,
women, oliicians, virtue, vice, and par
ticularly every species OF patriotism. For
merly men and nations were bayonetled in
tuscivlizalon and rcfinment-nOw they are
bought and purchased into all The elegan-
cies lille, AMI The purcst principles ul de-
mocracv. The foundation ni my reign was
laid by the iron energies of my predecessor.
! mean 10 add the COrnlhan capital 10 The
Republic, and rub the democratic party in
to decent manners and respectable bchav-
Tor. Every man has his price.-every stale
can be borght--and never saw a woman
that had not something handsome about her
person, either her iout, her bust, her locks,
her air, or something. What Rome was
under Augustus Cesar, mean to make
the United States under my say. shall
polish and civl,zc the democratic party
The reign OF the kitchen is a, an end. Low
life IS my utter ahomna!on. know from
experience what it is, nnd therefore despise
it from my heart. shall assemble about
me the ingenious, literary, elegant, and
educated, men and women in the Union.
Flour is up in price--money is up-coal
is up--l am up-why should not every
thing else rise also?
With these observations | think you
will be at no loss 20 understand my views
and principles on public policy. The de-
mocratic party has now The ascendancy in
this cnuntry--lct US take care to keep the
power in our own hands at any sacrifice
sour suiierings, at length is not ntolera-
ble.' Martin Pan Hunbug.
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FROM MEXICO.

Accounts from Mexico leave 10 longer
any doubt as to the determination OF The
Mex lean government 10 make another at
tempt 10 subdue Texas.
Every thing is ready for the march OF
the troops, which are composed of 5000 in
fantry, and 1900 cavalry, with their cores
ponding artillery and the command is con-
lided TO General Bustamehte, well known
for his valor and patriotism. There have
been equipped briggs, 8 schooners and II
gun boats; and there are expected daily
from Jamaica, two good steamboats, & one
brig, under the command Of William Nc
Kenzie, who served with Commodore Por-
Ter in the ship of war Independence. AS soon
as these vessels arrive, 1000 men will be
embarked TO operate by sea against Calves
ion, and the other troops will go Ivy land,
10 unite with them, under the command Of
Busiamente.
The arrival of Santa Anna will not
change, in the least degree, the aspect Of
things in Texas, because he has agreed
with Busiamente and our government
The expedition will start about the mi die
oi March, il not before.
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ReEyideTc.

M ElEREAS the legislature Of tho State Of
w Vermont, at their session holden at
Montpelier, IN the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and thirty three, assessed
tax of four cents per acre on all the lands
(public rights excepted) in the town oil Belvl-
dere, County Of Franklin, now in the County
OF Lamoile, in said state, for tbe'purpose of
making and repairing roads and building
bridges in said town Of Belvidcre:-And
whereas the legislature Of said slate, at their
session holden at Montpelier one thousand
eight hundred and thirty.fye, revived the a
ioresaid act assessing said tox,-Thcse are to
warn the propretors and land owners Of said
town of Belvtdcre, who have not paid their
proportion of said tax, in labor or otherwise,
10 the committee appointed 10 superintend the
ex 1enditure of the same, or TO the subscriber,
that so much Of their lands will be sold
public vendue of the dwelling house Of Stick
ney Hodekins, in the town of Belvidere in the
county Of Lamoille, on the twentieth day Of
June next, al ten O'Clock in the forenoon,
will be requisite to pay their respective taxes
with costs.
Dated at Belviderc this 2Sth day Of March,
A. ID. 1887.
ssw3l STlCKNEY HODGKINS, Collector.
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ELDER SIAS' Family Pills, tor sale by
IL E. ii. PRENTISS.
Commissioners Notice.

WE the subscribers, being appointed by
w the Honorable the Probate Court, for
the District of Randolph, Commissioners to
receive, examine and adjust all claims and de.
monds OF all persons, against the estate Of
Sybil Pember, late of Randolph, in said dis
'rict, deceased, represented insolvent. and al
SO all claims and demands exhibited in Offset
thereto; and six months from the first day Of
February, A. d. 1887, being allowed By said
court for that purpose, we do therefore hereby
give notice, that we will attend tothc business
Of our said appointment at the dwelling house
of William Maxam, in Randolph, en- The first
Tuesday Of May and July nexi, from nine o.
clock A. M. until four O'Clock p. NJ on euch
of said days.
AARON STORRS, ! Commission
ss GILBERT SMITH, crs.
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STATE OF VERMONT,
ntc,,p,cr u ,N0or N

us tlCI Or hS.
At a Probate Court, holden at Chelsea, " it'll
in and Cor Had District, on the 9Th day Of
March, A. ID. 1887,
Present tie Hon. John w. Smith, Judge.
A n Instrument purportng TO be the last
IA will and testament of Sybil Pomber, late
of Randolph, in said district, deceased, being
presented 10 said court for probate, it is order
ed Ivy said court that oil persons concerned
therein, be notified 10 appear at session of
said court, TO be holden at the house of Will
liam Maxham, in Randolph in said district, on
the first Wednesday of May next, and show
carse, If any they may have, against The pro-
bate Of said will, for which purpose it is fur.
ther ordered, that copy OF the record of this
orde, be published three weeks successfully in
tho Vermont Waterman and State Journal,
printed at Montpelier, as soon as may be.
A true copy of record,
IS Attest, 7. X. PARISH, Register.
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abundant advantages will be offered 10 me.
chonics and other ariiasns who Contemplate
nm immedintc and permanent settlement IN tho
west, 80 as 10 make Randolph worthy oil ,heit
attention.
For further particulars, application mar he
made 10 person or BY letter, 10 either of the
following proprietors
WILLIAM Siltiman, East Fcliciona, Louisiaka.
John James, Alton, Illinois.
Samuel Marsh, New Y ork City.
John Bosi,gick, Alton, Illinois.
Hail Mason, Monticello, Illinois.
Henry James, Waterford, N. Y.
Alton, March LIST, 1887. ss:Gw
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ESieG

In Barre, 18th instant, of canker rash, Sarah T.
Slavery, aged years and months
At Rochester, N. Y at the house of Cyrus W.
Bartlett, on the It'll day OF March, MIR Isaac Small
ley of Duxbury, VT. aged 81 years,
In Waitsfeld oe the / It'll instant. Mr. Hezekiah
Thompson, aged 81 years and months
In Waterbury, on the slst instant Julia +.
daughter of WIN. and Emeline Bowman, aged 3
years, occasioDed by scald. Printers in Mass.
are requested, &C.
In Berlin, on Wednesday, the goth ult. Mary
Emeline, daughter of DIR Ira Evans, aged . years
and months.
At Croydon, N. II. on the 10Th March, while on
visit, at that place, Deacon Silas Jacobs of
Marshfeld aged 81, rejoicing in the confident
hope of bssiul immortality.
In Marshdeld, on the 18th inst. Mrs Bulah, wife
Of Mr. John Pike, aged r. mother OF Mrs Jacobs.
At Hardwick, 2fth March, Eliza A. Smith,
daughter of Doctor Aaron Smith, aged 10 years
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Terrible EathquaI... ICnrrespondence


Terrible Earthquake. Correspondence
OF the Journal OF Commerce. SMYRNA.
Jan. o6, 1887. A letter received from
Brcyroot, dated Jan. II, 1887, saws: "a
most sudden md awful earthquake was felt
here in Beyrool, on Sunday the LIST. at 5
p. Nj. But very few lives, however were
lost in Our vicinity. Many houses have
fallen, and scarcely one has escaped some
injury. Accounts from Safe. are most dis
lressing. Only two hundred, out OF all
the inhabitants, amounting il is believed 10
nearly fifteen thousand, have escaped with
their lives. AT Sour and Sidon several
persons were killed. Naploos is said TO be
destroyed. Acre has suffered great deal.
We wait with much concern 10 hear Groro
Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, and Cyprus.
Vessels two hundred miles distance felt the
earthquake at sea-"
The Southern Clizen," is the name Of
a newspaper recently started in Ashboro-
ugh, N. Z. lis editor is Benjamin Swain.
The following paragraphs are from the
first number:
1--WE maintain that Congress has the
same power over the subject OF sIavery in
The District Of Columbia, that the Legisla-
ture OF State has within its own limits.
"We cannot consent 10 any, The least in
reference oi The u. S. in the difficult
Tics existing between Texas and Mexico"
Eastward Ho! Nearly thousand mer-
chants from this place and vicinity, will
soon be on their way to the Atlantic cities
TO obtain merchandise, and many of them
wives Chicago Democrat.
Mr.. Claiborne, Member of Congress
from Mississippi, has invested 100000 in
slaves this spring, thinking 10 take advan-
iage of the rise OF "his stock" which ii is
thought will follow the acknowledgment Of
the independence of Texas.
GENERAL VIM. G. Keen, post Master al
"Prinlers Retreat" Indiana, and Jugde OF
Probate in the district, was short time
since, taken into custody, Just after the
Adjournment OF his said Probate Court, on
charge OF secreting a letter coming
through his Post Office, containing money.
Aler I'm lergohg an examination before n
magistrate, the probate seems 10 have been
So well made oar lha he was ordere 10 re-
cognize in The sum 81 thousand dollars
tn appear and take his trial before the CIR
cult Court in April.
The Northampton company for manuac-
turing sugar from bects have obtained an
act Of incorporation, and expec. 10 have
their machenary in readiness for operation
by tie month OF October next. The Legis-
lature have passed an act granting boun-
~ Of three cents pound an all such sugar
manufactured in Massachusetts. - Demo
crdt.
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STATE OF VERMONT,

WAsHINGToH DISTRICT, SIS.
In Probate Court holden at Montpelier, with
in and for said District, on the 2Sh day of
March, A. ID. 1897,
HURON WHITTLESY, Administrator
~ on the estate of Joseph Lamson, late of
Plainficld, in said district, deceased, makes APP
plicaton TO said court to extend the time here
tolore allowed him to pay the debts due from
said estate and settle his administration ac-
count, until some future Whereupon it
is ordered by said count that said application
he head at the probate office in Montpelier,
on the l2ih day of April 1887, and it is fur
Their ordered that notice hereof be given TO the
creditors Of said estate, and to all others con.
cerned, by publishing the substance of said APP
pcaton and orders thereon, in the Vermont
Waterman & State Journal, printed at Mont
peler, at least two weeks successfully before
the time aforesaid appointed for the hearing Of
faid application.
BY the Court,
ss;2w J. LOOMS, Register.
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STATE OF VERMONT,


In Probate Court holden at Montpelier, with
in and for said District, on the 24th day of
March, A. ID. 1887,
A n Instrument purporiing to be the last
IA will and testament of Eunice Pedrick,
!alc of MarShlied, in suid district, deceased,
is presented here in Court, by Alexander
Boyles, the executor therein named, for Pro-
bate -Whereupon it is ordered that the same
be referred 10 the End day of May A. d. 1887,
at the Probate Office, Montpelier, for hearing
and discussion-and it is further ordered thai
all persons concerned be notified hereof by
publication of this order thee weeks success
svely in the Vermont Waterman and State
Of hearing aforesaid.
BY the Court,
6S Attest, J. LOOMS, Register,
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Notice.

/ Oliver Watson, have relinqrished to my
|, son, EDWIN c. WATSON, a minor,
his time and services, until he becomes OF
age. | shall pay do debts of his contracting
after this date, ami he is al liberty TO do bust
ness the same as though he ere now of age.
OLIVER WATSON.
Worcester, March 29Ih, 1897. Ssw3
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Official meanness. MIR Secretary Woodbu-
ry was summoned TO attend the Investigating
Committee at Washington, as a witness 10
give information connected with the Treasury
Department over which he presides. On con-
clnding his testimony he presented a bill for
seven days attendance at Two dollars per day.
The committee, on examination, refused TO al
iop il, they having ascertaincd that he had
attended only fue days, instead of seven, as
charged The bill was accordingly cut down
TO Ten dollars and paid, to the great disgust Of
the committee, and to all others TO whom
knowledge Of the transaction has come.
Troy Wig.
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MIR. VAN buren, AND The TREA-
SURY ORDER.

The National IntclIigencer gives the fol-
lowing very just account Of Mr.. Van Bu-
ren's position in respect to the Treasury
Order:
Reasoning from premises, which are as
open to the public as to ourselves, We have
formed the opinion that nothing has pre-
vented the prompt compliance by the pres
ent Executive with the public will, express
sed by very heavy majorities in both Hou-
SEES Of Congress in favor Of the resembling
of the order contained in the Circular re-
ierred TO, but sort Of supcrstiIous appre-
hension Of encounterng The ghost Of an ar
birarv will; departed, but not yet Inferred"
This agrees very well with the fact
which we stated "A few days ago. that Gen.
Jackson's last words to the successor OF his
appointment, were a solemn Injunction not
to rescind the Treasury C;rcular.-.4tlas.
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Lands nj Auction.

NJ Office is hereby given that the subscribe
L er will expose 10 sale at public auction
on the 2lst day OF June next, the following dc.
scribed Lands, in different sections ofihe srste
of Vermont IN Wit.
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10 BIacksRnitIls. ---ShOp to
he let,

TNE1E subscriber offers to let good Black.
J. smith Shop, dwelling house and garden,
situated three fourths of mile north Of Peach
am Corner. The shop is an excellent stand
for business.
.gJo None but temperance man need ap-
ply.
WILLIAM VARNtIM.
Peacham, March 25, 1887. ss:3w