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nNi WILLIAM LAND FOR SALE.-On the 2i,h day Of
: ,,@>tu ", ;tat being KING William County Court day, viii
~. =; Dnthc auction, before the door Of the Courthouse Of
~. n. 'wG,N. n. Tract uf Lard well known by The name Of
"'%rl Lone situate in the aforesaid county, between IN" wa
II ne '1"aponv and ramunEy rivers, containin" ahn'it rive
a,ll''d y rs, most of which is levcl, high land, well tlmbcred ana
~. n" title 10 this land is indisputablc, and the situation
a"1|thr ~ auv in the county. For further information apply
" ao'un Il Ring l.ipscomb, Thomas w. Gregory, John Lacey,
-Ss"a'i Mr. John Myrick, who resides on the premises, VIII take
..">4te IN ShewIng the same 10 any one DESTROYS Of purchasing
IN tine previous 10 the day nf sale.
I,'is na'e known on the day of sale.
!. post office of the above named gentlemen ia King william
Courthouse. MARY L. ". oUARLES.
Jav l. a0-td
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DISAPPOINTMENT
j. l..
Ny T. ls;Q. G. MI.
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| hope their customers in the country will anticipate his visit,
and prepare To close their respective accounts without delay.
RICHARD WHITFIELD, Tratee.
Nav I5u-tf
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July "a
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SEEDS-A supply of Fresh Yellow Ruta Baga, Early White
- Flat Dutch, Large White Norfolk, Red Top and Seven Top
Tnrnip Seed-Earranted genuine, for sale by
july 81 I2l-3tl WM. PALMER.
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lscs;s; x ssss =:

CIIESE Pin! longer thos, of doubtful utility
L lhsy have passed away from the hundred, that arr dty
launched upon The tide 9" experiment and now strand before the
pihiC high ia reputation and extensively employed IN ~!
part Of tn United stat tie tanaia Ics, htNc", ana Inc
West ndr, hlcN that IN, been rep1frd IT tr
relief of suffering 1hay have been uc"d wherever
iJun pus.:I carr then ana there are h /" towns
that il, r.nIa, yd are. a III GOO ~.
fcs Til" ccg'.iC' that have Uu presented - ~" npn tor
exceed twenty thrti. upwards I've hundred "i "" ar
from regular practising physicians, VINO are the mos. c"--t
Judges If ,l:r!-
performed by this medeia" been ii. -
rda;tal u"r'ap:r, and EaGui, nlt
IN tt, Il. asset a! ;.!Ii medicine 81 10. s!g! has
this
They general fumiy lr.no and rhrfa
Thousand. 81 far r declare they satisfied un!es
they Irtvca suppl always un haDd.
The" have n rival IN curing and preventing Ioi, Fever
Fever aIh t@n" r., epia, Liver complaints SICK ilrHG'hc
Jauf:icr TINA, Eropy rheumatism, Enlargement 81 TIN
Spleen, r!, thtir, fEun. Db4,suru> Heartburn. tGrreh
Tongue, Nausea. Dit uI the stomach aud Bowels. ln.p'
Da,r, f1l i!aIiial iuv@ncs<, los -" App'r"
ilu!.!" q! SAIL "mI Nlon and III all ci !Ugp" u the
Bowels. where c1in ap,r'ut needed They
exceedingly mild ~ IN : producing neither nausea.
nnr debility.
H. efficacy 81 these p wei! known aHt their !>r
iraI that further il consider III
FIR tGiirr pat ,cn3r-. IT. ri-r ityI;', which 10
hal srg'ts al az. % ~ .iss nl>.
Price - cents pr bon.
For al, b. al III. pn=g,. in Richmond rerFsnf- ara Nv
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Mr. Fkr;dre and others in the month Of Augns last
am represented rs saving that :if O. taiia.han ma"
stated ~ me. thai h. {'aligar mad letter from an.
jrs.r stating that ~ muiuTity 81 N" delegates
.c,rA from liz. counties ms S"noi"ra! district were
nnpos,. 10 tn" reelection .! Wan G. Hr1s. AND IL IA,
vor Of the SUB. Treasury, Sc. i,r ltndrrSo'l w"n!"
resign. Ac did nyt tell hlr Anderson thai ir !rilo:
wfch Ialiugha, Lad received from hm contained 'hf
words above quoted bat when h 40 henrH nay ny
;,adr such ped4e L. mr, It'd him tia! W: a'ia"-
nan had a letter from ma containing Il lic"e' '" ~,
On. bad mot til" letter, ana u"ssi"re s""'l
give the precise words and eh!: "'esitI"hS" ~
ouG,m,,:,u II The n)rdre n,aGe b: Andersen,
as sci forth in m. affidavit published IN Mr. Mcpo"c
defence Since have seen The extract IRON Hr - :
letter 10 Mr.. Ca!laghan, Published N Nh Saii"gnaM
t..oca :, coov,uccs INC that Caiingan did not nus
represent Anderson to Given under my H%na S
18Th day Of Dcccmber l>:D 'a'Ob Hi'' En-
i,vinr now fi.llow-c:tzcns trrumphanty dispro''d
al ~ l.c char.,s and exposed mn 10 the world III
h;s ,ruc colors leave the whole matter with You, IN,
der m, CONVICTION that tie result Of your GcciS'"I vii
I h, hereafter beneath tie motto" Of every honest
! IA hn,o,,I,. man OLIVER CALLAGlhN.
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A, the request os Mr.. Robt. Cawthon, do hereby
certify, that lived with James Mcdowell, Esq, as a
CLERK in the year 1853, and still reside with him, that
on examining the bottcr and cash book find that he
MIR McDowelD made his last entries on these books
previous 10 his starting for Richmond on hel6h day of
March 1888 and the first entries after his return on the
Cd Of Aprll Of the same year. He must, therefore,
have started the morning OF the l1th OF March,
and have returned the evening OF the lst of April.
am at liberty eyh bt the entries on the books al
luded TO- establish The fact. Given under my hand.
this 18th day Of December, 1889.
Aiier reading the above, fellow. e.tizens, you viii
doubtless from taking any farther notice oi
h,m, until he relieves himself from the stigma that my
first publication has fixed upon him The origin and
merits Of III" controversy substantially as follow:
AT the A vrsl Court, 1855, when were on good per
sona terms and without having received the least pro-
vocation from me, he made four or FIVE charges agans'
me in public speech, winch promptly branded with
fGtSekoUa, name, and every attempt tina,
he has since made to Jet himself cut Of the dilemma
that he then got himself into has sunk HIM still deeper
IN the mlre and thee, with your PERMISSION, WI!
leave him 10 wa!low NJ better evidence Of his total
disregard for rcrGcB 5e required than he furnishes
himself in his shameless assertion thai the public have
only on r0rd for ~ that did no; wish /" concc1imy
name. the author %. the communications winch mp.
peared in the Richmond Enquirer over tho signature 81
"a Western Democrat, when he knew that MIR.
Richie til. Editor Of the Enquirer, had three times de-
MED tha; instructed h;m to conceal my name, az
the author of those articles from him any other per-
son.
In regard to his as and Mr. Miller conversations
with Mr. Cawthon, have little to say. Mr.. Cawthon
promptly arb uaquaifed'y denied all lbs a s. charges
against both lo3- and IN 1889, far my alleged
connection or interference with his paper
ed, and he proves by Mr. Callaghan that his con-
versation with Anderson has been mlsTepresentcd.-
Between them, therefore the galled jade must vince,
for ..my withcrs are unwrung
JAMES MCDOWELL
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POETRY.
"aucH We REMAINS US,uNG."

r0" he s''"a' 81 * @r Ti IS W,S5 h''-'' "Hs
For the nfrmaton OF critics. would mention that the
ar Of tn following lines Is young e'ne"'"n"n
= Stern is the lesson tha, the dying teach,
aarspruting wickednr>s Is there .
STAMPED on the furrow'd brow-ani the wild speech
In hurried accents, breathing but despair
oh. Wisdom, where all thy Iumpil-, whe'e-
ii that ,hou teaci.s nn' tli- pam 70 si".
One glance upon ,hs a.onies thai wa, ;,,
Can al! thy fpIie, III, which years had ie' unseen.
Ye would i',n III, ,Ii' tvs" dIy is, !, shed
A rny # brightness from her halow"d shrine,
Know all your wisdom springs hit from The dead,
When nature slrin'','. ana IN; 80, sou nath i'a'
Tl.a, SPEAK, millions iton us narrow bed
Arose tha, fragile form in all It's impotence
If low ambition thee as her toy
Conf thy fault and be child agaln;
What applaudng worlds u realms Of Joy
what an eternity of pl.n:
Should Paradise thy Meeting breath regain,
What the pomps that glitter DER thy grave!
Gn shonld's, thou howl BY h,II's eterna! man,
Can all sury gave,
onench one uaayiug drop of thai sulphureous wuve'
Speak honof'd father. from thy ncwnade tomb
How yan the wise, mortality how blind!
When ali on wisdom cannot ny the gloom
OF maui'riag graves, and less, the fat. behind
How wauld the orerN HELM the mind,
Cuulist thou but tell the wonders OF my tale .
Leap from thy dread thought where'er connnd,
And teach the pgmies Of this swecpng vals,'
How poor teir wisdom ALL since less could more avail
\, he then gone: Yet tells !, NOT
Nature, stern mother /, the slave OF man
Why doth She laugh above her mastsrsl oc
The sun smiles Oh, as when he nrsi began
His pilgrimage 5 DER ETHEREAL plain
Creation wecps tho her monarch dies;
On. say no, rigor narkI his gentle reign.
Cai'st thou, fond nature, scorn those lxed eyes,
Ysh never lJokd IN hag, but oads thy beauties 1!ss'
Gentle and mild; nor less the gentle, when
Ills eve meier melted u the starting teal
VAN si.n SPEAK the sorrow pent within,
Which s:aws III. deepest tho II least appear
S,..n 70 flu!; when duty ask'd hs care,
YET titan generous 10 a!icton's cry;
Ills HE was love, his dralh w!.li,ut a fear.
10 speak his loss how the passing s2h
OF one lone breast. when bleeding thousands will reply
Gforye,orr, 1874 Dee, !e3J. LYcipAI
The Rev. VIM HcSirry President Of Georgetown College
D. c. died the night ufthe 18th Dec 1892 n!Ct seem
apologize t- INTRODUCTION C this aud tht Two
m apparent but OH TINS pom!
The writer all respect The reader fsy ind,:TeEe"
aclad h with the desire nS 81 rendering .en.
though Tribute the of u whom y !aa 81
justly said, chs death incl without fear ana his i
passad without rerrOaCl.N
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|Nss.H;lIlkJsl'lk lzIsH
isllAhnniI n 800

TOR the White SwrlncS scrofuous and cncr I'll
Ulcers, l.gs old and fresh Wounds Sprarn- and
B:nises SmellDgs and determinations, Srat Had Women
Breasts Rheumatic Pans, Tctlcr. EruptUI Chl!n
Wh;lows Bil.s Corns aG eHterua! diseases generally II j.
likewise greatly superior - mctc:e heretofore discovered
Tor the raf, tc:kS aI If h0rscS0r rp e0rm chcry3
hpsand short every crA bodily eel may ,4g to tie
lot Of mar or b.aS:.
This ointment pocsse, very Desirable properties VIZ
ubdues the inflammation free discharge Of the cor
rup matter and produces tendency heal while extreme
y EiiIi and pleasant III lis operations.
VI" YoRx, April ~, 1899.
Dear sir- have s ef5cted rc:y surprising cure Of caid
head through the Of 7oisn, Sp.cfc Ontan
The patient James Ega ship carpenter had right rhch
and leg frGn hip downward, dTgadiGy sCaicd the up
setting can!drOn Of pitch Dock
The POOR fellow when called in
and afraid he would have submit 10 anputa
knowing mracuosly attractive power Of your in
ment laid plentiful upon the pa!t- affected and had the
pleasure find a; afforded almost ledi,.. relief
that the sufferer ah= hO2
two hours aa: appraon his emphatic rs2re
sion, ne I'll !; drawing The IRE out c him and seven or eight
wound healed permit him 10 wok
ahroad though three weeks bcyTe allowed him VI -
sumo his usual occupation. shall &c happy II yGi publish til,
as feel much htret the circulation yonr ur:ya.d
specific. JOHN POWERS ST.
CE.RLEsTo., Oct; 3d, lcss.
Dr. a7:son Dear iT: You VIII ohli.e us by Immediately
Jwardng OF your Specific Ointment, You may anlc
plte further orders from The opening Of Spring trade
the demand for your speche is greatly increasing.
- Yours, &c, HAriLASp, II ERALL L ALLEN.
This valuable On,men. q for ali the Drug Stores in Pa
tesbrrs, Portsmouth,, Norfolk and Eichnand. Phce 50 cents
per box, with fun directions.
oe'. l. k|lufy
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s-A!rABiE RE- IL ESTNii lht sAI.f.- According 10 4
decree ri ,:arrrumbtrland Count! 'nnii ""r"% o"'. ~
1882 s1all I'll ri tn, ".c son %. 80:
,. IN ,!ir Premises HUT tfr., Nofmmh flAnh "h
80 ar les,
r.!. Of uv,Iyc months eAcc? - n'ncf ~ H' rh''' mon!
ma, b. cu a t. d.:ray c:tts's q" >h ale ~
-c.iiy been "tt'!" ih"2 W. h' ~
trIrrr a",iI accd!mcls tor IA
thor DIVISION, and viii >od ii''> IL w''l h'f"- the
,y,r o ar,,r Hut which c dlh seized - IN SIuw Of
in ul, scnr dec sold Tot division aH"ag 'l" rs ~
sam rl al.c - ssr.> uc w,i -ad huna iiu d S@hG ~
her own , and y division ni'"-tih al'", 10
acres III which Hull died .lh,d, az! sn" ar @.'"h
also. al riIc' ',"tr = nun h"u sas ana
-.i.i n-u div :A'"s;i'
This ii",r several pnT'> vi tlHH Is siia ~ ~ "
Potomac junction Nith the Chesapeake las. and
,rr>rs -tia advantages perhaps ga" surpassed b: aiy ~ III.
Nu.iicfn ,tk The soil i 81 al excellent Galnt Ani wei
Productions al f'ii- --f"n ~ r':urI: Gem.
er.)ii-i Iud wild iuH ha
nnraully ia .lrl; ..s.s ic improve uru> "H IA;
dwelling, IN
In.,r,. thu other parcel, have Improvements.
Svt approved srrurity w b" required inra" party. u!
Tiips. GA~k!HS. Commissioner.
Jan i :9-"m
IL CiNXt NisGr>i.. held IN csL'-
the superior Cct III La: ami thIacCTi, foI i
County - EottHway, .th Jantars, i ~
Thunl. and i.s rl!!r.u, tWh1Tu", Etrau! H..
Charles E. Herr, T.. MARY n Strrhen, Ea'Iana, siarn WI,
Ian, and Paia, owen, which, =, .rir SAID
;ajnor, ana ii4r AMI Eli"ibr; rs "i, iiinii..
against
Henry ;. Hopkins IG H. tucr', Samuel " iam~t ana JACK
TaTf. I:r." B"gu.l -; miami.
Tn. defendant ir,i ;irrr uu, app
and security according Z" III" ict 81 u f' aGd lH l'
this c"rI, aud hy satisfactory 'ynshc" ta' n =
InahiaH This II = ordered, thai i'
defendant du appear the r,t o April 8, AMI
bill Of the ptni'- ard that ~ th- ord b.
forthwith inserted ~ The Richmond EHTrif"f fer is" month"; sue
cssvly aud os, the front door u thr c"nr;ou-e q t-
County. 80 ,.
Copy-Tc,,c, Z. IS. FITZGERALD II. {.
Jan i .G--w-v
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L.ENiIA HILL.
prodars Coamsssioa ."ercian,.

=, ELLIS grain commission, rl uur Ucgra. ,
- s":rCi- ciir,-. the cs aud adjacent r,t3,l,. -
buy> >nch,. office o'cf Jaiues i. Rarllc = Go. ~
nsg ~ t9-1t,: :, , ...-
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'H!!E suhscr,rr constantly RECEIVING it"n ill.," oclc.G
nlauu4faCtyFy Mss = Ftlrs- >rw Work. al ,1a:
paju Piano Fori~, v" the latt,t nuroy ans q
drlicars OF tou, IHh sweetness -: n:to. peculiar IT, cr
ruitciuft.
hLo, large assortment ol Musical instruments, . N..
Merchandise IN general.
I'an" iotcs repaired, tuned, e; tire. and taken
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Having been called on by James Mcdowell, We mere
bv CERTIFY that We heard Mr. John T. Anderson deliver
h sprech in the courthouse the first day OF the
April Court S3S, in which he made various charges
!, abusive language, against Mir Mcdowell, winch
we're proclaimed '.t9.dy tEe end "at""adsd by sad
MID well IN a communication published in The FIN
c,s.la Danoafn, a ;,w DAYS afterwards oycr his own
name Alter til. expiration ni 81 months, cannot
pretend to give he exact PrHs Of M Anderson
on tia, OCCASION hui # iiag cian1i b. nsSahtn,
he never used the terms 0is or igm0@S nr in refer.
ence 10 Mr. Mcdowell, IN that speech, IN our hearing,
,s The latter advised with about the proper course to
on-sne in the matter, and VIC would have recon-
,ncnaed him TO max" any publication, had the lie then
seen given him. Given under our hands this 9Th day
her
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JOHN J.. W lLSUN,
SAMUEL RAIDER,
JACOB OBENCHAIN,
JOHN B. SECRlST,
PETER NlNINGER,
SAM'L. HUFF,
SAM'L. YOUNG,
GEORGE ROCK,
JOHN WILLIAMS,
JAMES RlTCllEi,
DAN J.. KNIFE,
JACOB FLEA GER.
JOHN c. CARPER.
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" TT.T.T-N7E II. iE-NNItI~TTN.
DONALD VI. II tR&i~UN. / =
FIX iiiIl +. o, Amelia. D.,T u.--2aw w. No

fi.. ~ Prince Eiwtf ,u'nt. Cont -. ssh.t the 1ss
JOSIAH Forest Ihas:,> irms aud M,s'ha hi, w.. JuhE.
't,s->, aad sara! h. "}i, lhgt3,
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JOHN LUSTER,
BENZ. cNRpER.
CHRISTIAN iiOUSEMAN,
THOMAS Y. BtRWEI.I,

At the request of James Mcdowell, we hereby ccrti-
e. that we heard sIr Anderson speech at the Court
,,ousr on the first day Of tie Aprl court, ISIS, and
heard him make the charges, in snerrlng and con-
,emptuous manner against sad Mcdowell, which were
,ronouncrd syo,a,g faiss ard ugto"ndcd" by the lat
; = in communication published over his in
III. Fincas,l. Democrat the 18th OF the month
81 this remote period, cannot repeat the precise
LANGUAGE used BY Mr. Anderson on tina. occasion, bal
M ,r. pertain that he did not the words fniSc,
..;oE,uous iiur in our hearing, in reference to Mr.
Mcdowell in that speech. The first charge of fa'Sc
hood that We heard made in that controversy appeared
in lJr McDoweIl's publication above alluded TO- Gil
van under our hands, this 9Th day Of December, 1889.
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rIIyn TnECE iyIKt- n0l7-T.

IINEI!~ T. tNttI., -.--|
CLAIBORNE 6. GRAVES,
100
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(Fom The february NJ. tte o"'1ig Literary -Hesssagr
DEATH Is WISDOM.
For the OF critics, would mention ha, the an
a of tn following lines young gentlemen only sixteen !ef'
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-23

Tux MoNry DiooEns.-Thc digging is still go
ing upon Plumb Island, and persons are go,nr
there every day, In expectation Of coming back 70
thousand dollars richer than they At any rate
there are fifty thousand dollars deposited in and a.
bout the spoi--emher unde, the watsr or above il
and only twenty thousand dollars have be n found.
II is htc singular thar this money should have
remained buried for so long Time without being
discovered. The general tact notorious thar Il
was buried close to Plumb Inlet This ~ss matter
of history and YET reflected that j, sas pos
sibc To find IL by search. There il no doubt that
much Of Captain kidd's money was buried On Long
Island aud IN Connecticut. lie was known 10 have
sailed often np the Mystic R,e,; q some time since.
an old OAK tree was cut down farm on ths
river, in tho centre ofwhoh, close 10 thu ground was
n vacant space; In this ~as wedge, End Ismv-
wing the wedge. seroll OF parchment vs. discover
ed, with certain characters. Not being stoio de-
CIPHER them, the farmer took The scroll To asoils-
man Of educption. who was gerry poor la rrsi the
scroll, and said The marks smosnisd to ne ihip1y
bur by and by he grew rich. no ono tnsy hos. ssA
il was always thought that the scrol: told thess
some Of kldd's money was buried, aud that no dug
1t up.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-23

FLORlnA.--We learn from the Savannah Gcor-
p'an OF the 5th instant that the campaign in Middle
Florida has fairly opened. Col. Garland, in com
mand Of The LIST column, composed of eleven COM
pan'cs OF 1st and Cd Infantry soidereJ Ia scour all
The hnmmocks between the ST. Augustine rond aud
the Georgia line, and has already, with nine conpa-
MES, passed through Patirrsons hammock. from
west 10 east without discovering any indication al
lnd,ans.-Col. Davenport, in command Il tho 2i
column composed OF Dragons. Au,llery aud
9th Infantry, has commenced operations south ofthe
81. Augustine road, between 1t aud the Gulf
1t is feared, and by many bclicyed, that notwiih.
standing tho whole oi Middle FLORIDA thus, nv far
as the small force IN Flo,ida " III admit covered with
troops from the Georgia line To The Gulf that The
campaign will terminate without discovering In
dams,