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LAND OFFICE woRK.-The N y
Express says. correspondent al KaIa-
mazoo, Michigan, has seat us a letter
dated Jan. 18th, from which we make
the following extract:
The persons employed in the Land
office at Coma have been detected in
'detraudiDg Government 10 a large a.
mount. They entered several hundred
'of the choicest lots, and employed agents
to sell them at Che East. The affair
has produced great excitement here,
and Will probably lead to an investiga-
'tion OF the transactions oftbis office.
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A LEeAcY.-The following noble senti-
mens occurs, in the will of Col. CEoRe g
mAsoN, OF Virginia, man distinguished
oeiore The revolution for his potrIotism and
ohivairy. Such wasthe spirit Of our fathers.
hey neiieved that the noblest inheritance
'bey could transmit 10 their children, wss y
9uenchiess zeal in the cause OF liberty and
,neir country. How has this Inheritance
been stewarded
I'll recommend tito my sons, from my own
experience in life, 10 prefer The happ;ness nj
Independence and q private stat;on 10 The
troubles and vexatiops OF public bns;ness
but if either their own iociins,iops or ,hs me-,
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INSTRUMENTATION universal 4 is
We never yet knew the man who would saw
81 am contented." Go where YOU will a.
mong The rich, and poor, the man Of compe-
renee, or the man who earns his bread by
the sweat of his brow, you hear the sound Of
nurmuring and the voice OF complaint. The
other day we stood by cooper, who was
PLAYING merry tune with his adj round
cask ,-"ah," sighed he, "mine is hard lot
forever trolling round and round like
Cog, driving away at hoop" s:Heigho,"
sighed blacksmith, one hot day. as he
wiped the drops of perspiration from his
brow, while the red hot iron giowed on his
anvii-"Jhis is life with avengeance p'-
oh that were carpenter" calculated a
shoemaker, as he bent over his Iapstone.
here am 1, day after day, wearing my soul
IN making soies for others, coo,,ed VI in this
little z 10y ROOM" s'I am sick Of this out
door work, says the carpenter, "broiIing
under sweitering sun, or exposed TO the
lneiemencies of the wea,her-ii were only
tailor !---"Last day of grace-banks
won. d'scount--customers WON'T pay, what
shall dog grumbles the merchant. Il
had rather he truck horse, dog, any
thing !" Happy fellows" groans the la w.
yer, as ne scratches his head over some per-
picking case, or pores over some dry, rusty
record. And soihrough al! the ramifcat ions
OF society. oil are complaining of their con-
d'iiop, finding fault with their peculiar cal
ling. ~ lwere Only this or that, should
he content, is the universal cry-any thing
ous what am. So wags the world so il has
wagged, and so it viii wag
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political prisoners are thrust into dun seon
where light never penetratos, and where the,
nave scarcely room 10 move. They ar,
whipped al fixed intervals. Out of ten per
sons, three are reckoned 70 die from thi
harsh treatment, and seven turn mad. o.
ieaving prison some are no more able To 70
cognizs their nearest relations Several
Polish refugees and German students have
been made idio,s by this treatment.
Moorish 4atrocify and Punishn.snt. The
nloniieur Algerisn, relates a horrid affair
which took place few years sinee in the
city oi Morocco. One Of those dressers q!
meat bro'led in oil. 10 whom the Moore give
The name Of Khelia, employed new method
OF supplying his customers:
By Offering some money he drew into the
most remote part of his house some of those
unfortunate woman whose object in entering
this Internal retreat was of yery d;ff.reni
nature. When there, these unhappy beings
were instantly killed. and cut into fragments.
which were prepared and exposed for sale in
the butchers stall. Eight women had dis.
appeared. AT last his own wife having CON-
reFea some suspicious, which were soon
changed into certainty, went and threw her
sell al The Pacha's feet, disclosing the atro>
cious conduct of her husband Justice was
not slow: the butcher was seized, nailed Ia
his own counter, and tuur negroes, armed
win iiatcheis, were commanded TO cut him
IN pieces slowly, and in such way that the
culprii might behold the fragments Of his ow n
flesh come out of vast boiling chsuldron.
ana ne thrown as food 10 hundreds of dogs
collected tor that purpose from the different
quarters of the city.
PfRAcY.-Cap,. Chandler of The schooner
riarrie', arrived this morning from Hayti,
reports that number OF piraries lad been
committed ON American vessels along the
coast OF that Island, and il was rumored and
believed that the crews had in several iu-
stances been murdered. Il number of a.
mer'can vessels, that ought to have arrived, al
various ports of ST. Domingo, were miss;pe
and il was feared that they had fallen into the
clutches Of the ierocious buccaneers.
general impression was that the piratical
vessels were two schooners, manned 10y
p,acks, and one commanded by black the
other by mulatto, OF dark complexioned
Spaniard.
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ce,sities Of the times should engage them in
public affairs, charge them on fathers
blessing, never 10 let the motives Of private
interest or ambition induce them To he,ray
nor The terrors Of poverty and disgrace, or
The fear Of danger or of death, deter them
ir"m asserting the liberty Of their country.
ana endeavoring Ia transmit 10 poslcriiy
those sacred rights 10 which the mselves " ere
born"
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than would he indicated by these data, as the
iaiinre has induced a system ofeconomy and
substitution in the ordinary use Of wheat.
where II IS grown, that has greatly lessened
the consumption of the article in the interior
during the present Year.-BALr Par.
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SEALS.


Thai valuable smphibious animal the
oeai, priced and therefore destroyed by man
i"r ITS rich fur covering, has been seen in
numbers on masses of floating ice IN the
Sound, and lastly iy Capt. Schultz, OF the
s!ea'n boat independence, in tho lower bay.
W. believe this animal has almost entirely
a'sappeared from along our coast, 81 hich must
have been at former date covered with
them.S The Seal has, how e, err, beenso lar-
rnssed by man from North To South that
they have, in almost all instances, left their
old haun,s OH land, and have souyh, refuge in
spots yet unvisi,ed Ivy the human family.
The coasts of Patagonia, Falkland Islands.
Cape Horn. Shetland Islands, the coast of
Chill, Poru, and the adjacent islands, which
we're formerly overrun with myriads, have
been destroyed by them, AT certain seasons
II has been known for large schools To come
gambling along from the unknown regions
OF The South Pole, and easily fall prey TO
the seaiers, who during the greater part of the
year, are stationed at those points, and they
confidently assert, that these animals could
never have seen the form of man, as thew
were utterly unconscious of The danger of
his approach whilst The Seal of the Coast
VIII never allow them 10 come within gun
shot before they lake TO the water Vessels
In doubling Cape Horn, have encountered
large Islands OF ice which have been covered
with thousands of Seals, whose rich Jackets
were worth fortune, hut were unapproach-
able from the rough seas, and dangerous sit.
uations at their icy home. II can hardly be
supposed that these animals live entirely OH
the ice--lheis domestic. arrangements, which
approximate IN measure 10 a large and well
ordered patriarchial estate, forbid this idea
and yet their being found at sea in large
numbers on masses of ice. subject 10 I've dri.
ven in every direction by the various winds
that sweep the ocean in tempestuous violence
in high latitudes, suhstantinte the belief. or
give evidence Of land or a continent 10 the
south Of the frozen circle.
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Russian Prisons The discipline Of the
RUSSIAN peniteniiaries is represented in a let.
ter published in a French paper. the Mes.
sagsr, as OF the most horrible doscrip,jon
Other systems, the Austrian for exam,,e
fnoy Kill The body this Kills the soul. The
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.ln proof of this, we may mention, that
Rohin's Reef, near Staten lslaad, was 40 calls
ed by our early Dutch ancestors from lis
having been one oil the bannts Of The animal,
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COINAGE AT THEU. s. MINT.

COIN AGE AT THE q. S. MINT.
From one of the statements accomna-
nyiug the report of the Director of the
Mint, recently transmitted by the Presi-
dent TO Congress, it APPEARS that the
coinage at the Mint in 1886, has been
IN GOLD,
300, az half eagles, making 50. 765, 7:35
547, 9s6 quarter eagles, 1869, 965
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Total,
a, I35,7OO
3. COG, 100
IN COPPER

Whole amt coined in 1886, S7.764, 900
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TRAVELLING
ON THE


Winchester s. Potomac Rail Road.
The cars leave the Depot at Win
chester at z o'clock in the morning
Will pass Steyenson's at half past 7.
where passengers can be taken up or sci
down.
Thompson's depot at Is min. past 8.
Cameron's do. at half past 8.
Chariestown about 9-and
Halltown half past9.
Arriving at Harper's Ferry in time for
passengers to take the morning cars TO
Baltimore.
RETURNING.
They leave Harper's Ferry at 4 o.
clock in the afternoon,
Arrive at Halltown at half past 4,
At Charlcstown about 5,
Cameron's Is minutes past5.
Thompson's about half past5,
Stevenson's about 6 o'clock-and
Reach Winchester about z o'clock in
the evening. JOHN BRUCE.
Winchester. April Z, 1886.
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Valuable Town and C0un.
try Property
EO r 8 A I. Il


THE subscriber being DESTROYS of rsmov-
ing TO the West, will sell at private sale, his
HOUSE & LOT in that part Of the town
OF Siaunton commonly called N town now
in the occupancy of Mr.. William Peters
TWO OTHER HOUSES AND LOTS,
adjoining each other, also in New Town, all
being on the main street: these two " iii be
sold separate or together as may suit the pur-
chaser A HOUSE AND LOT near tho
Wayne Tavern. THE HOUSE & LOT
in which he lives, situated in the part of the
town laid off by the late Judge Stuart
There IS a very roomy and comfortable
HOUSE, with AN excellent garden and good
out lot adjoining il. Also his farm, situated
five miles west OF Staunten, on both sides OF
the MiddiebrOok road, containing
4 3 q A e. II r =,
80 acres OF which are cleared, well enclosed,
aad IN very improving condition the bal
ance is we'll iimbeIed. There is from l2 10
10 acres of very productive meadow ground,
| over oil Of which the water Can be conducted;
A comfortable DWELLING HOUSE. a
guod new BARN & STABLE, with water
in the barn yard, and good APPLE and
PEACH ORCHARD. There are OH the
tract 3 excellent springs, and the water can
be made to run through every field with the
exception OF two. This very desirable Iii.
tie farm, and judicious farmer who should
! perseyere in the course of husbandry now
pursuing by the proprietor, would soon en-
hance its value greatly above what is asked
for il now.
Its hoped that any person wishing small
we'll improved farm will call and examine
The purchaser Of the farm can have full
| possession as soon as The present crop Of salaIi
grain is taken of, with the privilege Of seed
ing down the land to be planted in corn this
! spring, provided he will engage TO be care
full in doing so.
Terms Of sale are one third part Of the
purchase money in hand, the balance in two
equal annual payments, secured by trust
deed upon the property.
ROBERT CAMMELL.
March 80, 1887.
sale before the 9TH Monday in May next, il
will ON that day be offered for public sale,
before the Wayne Tavern i'm Slaunton.
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sEal.S. III. CRKJH3S
Boarding House.

No. los Walnut street, PHILADELPHIA,
6e:,cecn 4M and 5fh. Convenient TO the
central pant Of The city. 10 the Banks,
and TO business.
THIS House is large and well fitted
for the accommodation of single gentle
men and ladies, or for families, who re-
sort to it. and can be accommodated for
short periods. OF by the mouth or longer,
OH reasonable terms, as is done to visi
tors from all parts of our country. Ref.
erence is given to the family OF the late
Judge Marshall. who attended him here
at the time of his sickness aud death.
n. b. A complete Bathing House is
attached to the establishment.
Philadelphia, May 3. 1897.
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IN CHANCERY.
VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA
Al Rules holden in the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Superior Court Of Law and Chan
Gerry, for the county of Augusta, on Mon
day the Sd day of April, 1887.
George G. Mitchell, plaintiff,
against
Peter Hei.keii. William Campbell and Jane
his wiie, John Cockrell and Elizabeth his
wife, Horny Ricketts, and Fanny his wife,
Fountain Estes and Mary his vile, and
David Esgon and Nancy his wife, defend
ants.
The defendants, except Peter Heiskeli, not
having entered their appearance aud given
security according TO the act of assembly
and the rules Of this court, and it appearing
by satisfactory evidence, that they are not
inhsAitants OF this country: 1t is ordered,
.hh, the said defendants do appear here on the
first day OF the next term 10Th Of june, J
md answer The bill of the plaintiff; and that
a copy OF this order be forthwith inserted in
some newspaper published in Siaunion, tor
two months successfully, aud posted at the
frons door of the court house OF Augusta
county.
A Copy-Teste,
N. G. KINNEY, C. c.
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Y.R USg S.9EN.

BY virtue of deed of trust executed
10 the subscriber by Joseph Bowyers, on
the Both day of May, 1896, and of re-
cord in the Clerks Office of the County
Court of Augusta, for purposes therein
mentioned, shall, on Saturday the 9th
day Of the present month, (May.) sell at
public auction, for cash, before the door
of the Wayne Tavern in Stanton,
Two Tracts or Parcels of Land,
on the waters of the Calf Pasture river,
the first containing two acres. and the
second containing three hundred and
twenty five acres.
Such title only as have ,nder the
said deed Of trust will be made to the
purchaser.
JEFFERSON KINNEY,
May 3, 1887. Trustee.
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$50 REWARD.

RAN AWAY from John B. Williamson,
a. Richmond. Va, on the night Of the
18th ult. negro man named HAIRY,
about 26 or 30 years of age, 5 feet Z or
8 iaches in height his complexion very
dark, and the back Of his head is inclin
ed to be rather Thin Of hair. He is liz.
tie incliaed to be bow-Iegged, and has
rather down look when spoken to-
The above negro was purchased from
PatEick's estate by the subscriber: he
has wife pesr Tiukiing Spring, aud it
Is quite likely that he may be a. this
tine iorking about that place.
Will give the above reward for the
apprehension and delivery OF said negro
TO nee IN Stanton, or if he is lodged in
e3ail 50 that ] get him again. and Ill rea-
scnssle expenses paid.
z, NJ. PITMAN.
Stanton, April IL. 1897.
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NOTICE.

Persons indebted to the estate of
GEORGE b. TATE, deceased. are inform.
ed that the Books and Papers of said
Estate are in the hands of john NEW
TON. of Greenville, who is fully author
lied to settle and collect the same. All
persons having unsettled accounts with
the Estate will call on him and settle.
Persons indebted by note or otherwise,
will make payment to him without de.
lay. as long indulgence cannot be- given.
JAMES TATE,
admir- Of G.. B. Tate, DECD.
April I3, IS37.-tf
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VIRGINIA go ,r,u

VIRGINIA, 10 WIT
AT Rules holden in the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Superior Court Of Law and Chan
Gerry, for Augusta County, on Monday The
9th day Of February, 1887.
John Fulton, plaintiff,
Hugh Fulton, Thomas Fulton, james Full.
ton and John Fulton, defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
The deris Hugh Fulton, Thomas Fulton
and Jehn Fulton, not having entered their
appearance, and given security according to
The act OF assembly, and the rules of this
court, and II appearing by satisfactory evi-
dence, that they are not inhabitants Of this
country: 1t is ordered, that the said defends
ants do appear here on the first day Of The
next term, 10Th 0f June,) and answer The
bin Of the plaintiff; aud that copy of this
order be forthwith inserted in some new spa
per published ia Ssaunlon, for two moa.hs
slccessiVe}y, and posted at the froat door Of
The court house Of Augusta county.
A CoPy-Tesie,
n. c. KINNEY, C. c.
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Miss Elizabeth Good

RETURNS her sincere thanks to her
friends and the public generally, for the
very liberal encouragement bestowed up.
on her, and would inform them that she
occupies the rooms enc door north of The
Post Office. where she continues TO car.
~ on the MILLINERY and MAN
TUA-MAKiNG BUSINESS i'll all its
various branches. She will give every
possible attention that work entrusted to
her shall be executed with taste, and in
the most durable manner. She respect
fully solicits continuance of the public
patronage.
Staunton, May TO, lS37.-3t
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NOTICE.

By an order eff the Board OF Director.
OF the Huntersville and Warm Spring
Turnpike Company, am authorised to
sci! at public auction, for ready money,
the Shares of all subscribers to said stock
who have failed to pay their proportion
OF the first, seceAd, third snd fourth In
stalmentS due on their shares-Tbere-
fore shall, on the first day of the June
Court next held for the county Of Poca.
hontas, before the fion, door oftae Court
house thereof, proceed to sell rKe saiSs
shares as Aforesaid.
THOMAS HILL,
Secretary to the BOARD,
May 3, 1887.
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ESyEaEaEbEe FHg1.ase
+ OR S Al, f

The Farm belonging 20 the heirs OF
MATHEW BLAIR. deceased, is offered
for sale privately. This Farm lies in
Augusta county, about eight miles from
Stanton, Cd the road leading to Harri
sonburg via Miller's Iron Works, and
contains about 300 aRcycS, every a.
ere OF which is arabic, and lies we'll for
cultivation about one>half cleared and
IN fine order; the other heavily tim
bered land. There is a sufficiency of
meadow land on it for farm of the size.
and several never falling springs, SO sit
uated as to afford water in nearly every
field. The improvements are tolera6le.
The neighborhood around it is healthy
and agreeable.
AS it is presumed that any one dis
posed to purchase will view it and Judge
for himself, further description is
deemed unnecessary but l will Just add
that taking into view every advantage
this Farm possesses, it is seldom that its
equa! is in this delightful county, offer
ed for sale.
The land will be shown to any one
DESTROYS oil viewing it, by DIR. WM. r.
BLAIR, whose residence is adjoining, or
by MATHEW BLAIR, of Stanton, by
whom the terms will be made known.
Possession will be given immediately.
7. r. BLAIR,
Err of ". Rioir, deed.
August a 1870 IF
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TAHE TRACT OF EANgs
VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA:
Al Rules holden in the Clerks O flee If The
Circuit Superior Court OF Law and Char
Gerry, for The county oi Augusta, ON Mon.
day The lst day Of May. 1887.
Edward, Thomas s. Richard Billups James
Webb aud William Pa,lesun. pIainticT.
agains,
AndrewLemis, jr. Samuel Lewis, tr. Charles
Lewis and others, defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
IL appearing by the return of the Sheriff
OF LABEL caunly, on scire facias awarded
The plaintiff al the December rules last ,b,,
t The defendant John Morris, Executor of
Thomas Morris, deceased. is mt an jnbali.
'ant OF Ibis Commons eallh Therefore ON
she motion of the said plaintiff, by counsel
10 is ordered, that the said John Morris t,.
appear before the Judge Oh our Circuit SUI
perior Court OF Law and Chancery for Au.
Eusta county, at the Court-house, ON the FIRST
day oil The next term, Ooh Of June, ) and
sho" cause, il any he can, why this cause
shall not stand, he revived &proceeded in 10 a
hnal decree against him in his character az
executor as aforesaid and that COPY Of
tins order be forihw it'll published in the
Siaunton Spectator for four weeks success
siveiy. A copy-Tsste,
23] NICH'S Z. KINNEY, c. C.
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ESTRAY.

TAKEN up by John Arion, near the
head Of Naked Creek, in Augusta coun.
ty, on the 18th day Of November last, a
BULL, supposed to be near three years
old, his sides OF white brindle colour,
white face, back belly, and tail 20 eat
marks OF brands perceiyable-and APP
praised TO nine dollars.
An extract from the Records-Teste.
JEFFERSON KINNEY. OK.
May 3, 1S37.-3t
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Public Sale.

WILL be offered at public sale, ON
the 18th day OF May, instant, if fair, if
not, the next fair day. at the late resi-
dence of John Livick, deceased, the fol.
lowing property, to wit:
Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, Farm
ing Utensils, SC.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
Sale to commence at III o'clock.
JOHN TRIMBLE, Admir-.
May 3, 1897.
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Turnpike Company.

THE Stockholders Of the Slaunton and
James Rirer Turnpike Company, are here.
by notified that an adjourned meeting will
he held at the Courl-house in SGaonton. on
the fourth Monday in May, at II o'clock, A /.
NJ, for the election Of President and Di-
reciors, and the transaction of such other
business as the interest OF The Company may
require. WILLIAM Fl. ALLEN.
May II, 1887. General AgeDt
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LOT 81 HOUSES
FOR SALE

We are authorized by the Executors
OF John III. Fulton. deceased, to sell a
Lot of Land belonging to thescstate ,ts;t-
uate in that part of the town Of Staunton
commonly called New-town, near the
Episcopal Church. and adjoining the
residence of Thomas j. Niche, Esu. ON
the South. There are two tenemen,s
on this lot, aud the same will be sold al
together, or divided to suit those incIiu-
ed TO purchase. For terms apply TO
SAMUEL CLARKE.
WIN. CLARKE.
April 6, 1897.