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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-03-26
VIRGINIA
March 5.

All Rules held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancerv
5or Augusta County, Monday the I'd day Of
March 1910.
James p. Erskine and Ohio w. Echelberoer.
surviving partners of James p. Erskine.
Otho w. Echelberger e. Alexander MELON,
aid, decd. late merchants and partners in
trade, under the style and firm of Erskine.
Echelberger, & Co.-plaintifs,
AGAINST
Isaac Nisbet, Henry Mish, Adam Misb. Gen.
MIsh, Rose Ann Mish and Mary Elizabeth
Brewer-defendants
IN CHANCERY.
The defendants, Isaac Nisbet, Adam.
George, Rose Ann Mish and Mary Elizabetb
brewer not having entered their appearance
ana gwen security, according to the act of As
sembly, and the Rules of this Court. and il
appearing by satisfactory evidence that thew
are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth :.
IL Is ordered, that the said defendants do an
pear here, on the LIST day of the next term
Goth of June next,) and answer the amended
Dill OF the plaintiffs and that copy of this
order, be forthwith inserted, in some newsna-
per printed in Stanton, for two months suc-
ccessively, and posted at the front door of the
COURTHOUSE of Augusta County.
A Copy-T'este,
NICH'S. G.. KINNEY. c. r..
March 5. '
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HEAR AN EYE WIN Ss.

Gen. Harrison has been accused, by some
OF his opponents, strange as it may seem, of
co'cardice. Messrs. Buchanan and Flood
have even had the efIrontery to make the accu-
sation in the Ohio Legislature. They have
been fully answered by Mr. Pollock, Of Mus
kingum. The following is his reply to their
remarks
Mr.. Speaker, | have heard members Of this
house charge General Harrison with cowar
dice, whom he defended and protected from
the war-knife and tornahawk of the Indian
when they were sleeping in their mother:
arms. know individuals who were with MIN
in the battles of the Thames. Fort Meips. Sc
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PSYCHOLOGICAL wELLERIsMs.

'&ze.-'ltisn't the size ola present that gives
it its value" as the gentleman said, when his
lady brought him four boys at a birth.
Waght.--''I feel the weight of your resent
ment, as the man said when his wife beat him
with the broom stick.
Order.-"First come. first served, as the
snare said TO the rabbit.
Calcuiafion.-'Y cur friendships very dear
to me, as the merchant said, when he had to
pay his endorsements for his neighbor.
Locafty.-''This spot seenns rather wet and
exposed" as the drunken man said, when he
fell into the gutter.
Ecentuafty.-''I'm off, as the mans head
said to the guiIIotine.
Ifme.-'My fate will soon be re-vEAL-cd
to the world, as the calf said, when the BUTCH
er was going TO kill it.
peneration.--''All the world looks up to
me- as the thief said when he stood in the
pillory.
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From Tie Quincy Sentinel, february 90.
FLORIDA

DIsGRACEFUL.-Wele learn that Lieut. Whit
ten, OF the volunteers. was killed by the In
dams, near the DELLA, few days since. He
was out on scout with twelve men, and was
somewhat IN advance of his company when
he was fred on, killed, and mu:ilated in a
most horrible manner; his men, in the mean
time, leaving him to his wretched fate. Such
cowardice and treachery deserve the severest
rebuke, and we learn that their names will be
stricken from the roll, as they must be from
the respect of society. The force Of the enc
my was said TO be Only eight or nine.
Since writing the above We learn that Mai.
Bally, with his command; came up soon after
the murder of Lieut.. Written, and with some
of the blood-hounds, Immediately went in
pursuit. We may therefore soon be able 10
know whether these animals will be of any
service.
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Northeastern -Boundarv.-The washington

Norfheasfern Boundary.-The Washington
papers contain an interesting correspondence
between the British Minister, Mr.. Fox, and
the Secretary of State, Mir. Forsyth, en- the
Northeastern Boundary question. 1t arose
out of demand from The Governor OF Maine
upon the President for protection against
igraSion.
Mr. Forsyth, charges that the British have
erected barracks and stockades on the dispu-
ted territory; and Mr.. Fox replies that the bar
racks are those begun long since, and the
stockades are merely defences against the ar
t'HeTy Which the Maine troops have brought
upon the forbidden land.
The tenor OF the letters is certainly rather
bciligerent, and We should suppose that a
snail breath would blow the spark into a
| blaze.
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know, sir, that cannon balls, and chainslo4,
and bombsheIls flew thick around him in
these battles. The gentleman from Cler-
mont, MIR. Buchanan,) said that Gen. Har-
rlson was not, during the battle of Fort Meigs.
near enough TO have the scales knocked of OF
him. Well. sir, if he was not near enough
to have the scales knocked off, he was near
| enough to have scales and dirt knocked on to
him by cannon balls. (Who saw asked
some member.) I saw it, sir, l was in that
oattie. saw cannon ball strike within two
Il CT CT Gen. Harrison during that fipht. I
was there, ! saw bombshells and chainshot
lying ali around him. Horses were shot
down under him. Isaw Gen. Harrison there,
and he was in the hottest and hardest of the
fight; and where balls flew thickest. and
where steel metsteel the fiercest, there would
you find General Harrison. speak what
Know and what my eyes have seen. General
Harrison is not a coward; and those who call
him coward, know nothing of him. He
was brave, prudent, and fearless General.
tie took the right course during the last war:
ne acted noble part, and his country has
honored him for it. Ask the soldiers who
fought by his side; whose hearts we're cheer
ed by his valor, and who were led to triumph
and to victory by his courage, and bravery,
and Skill, If General Harrison was coward
and they, sir, will tell You, no! Sir, have
done. only wished to give my testimony
IN favor OF Ten. Harrison, and to state what
l have seen, in opposition to the statements of
hose who are ignorant of his character, and
who know nothing Of his bravery aud skill.
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ins combination, you may conceive, produces
an animal OF great nerve, strength and aoili-
ty, and such, TO all appearance are these
blood hounds.
They are 81 in number-5 or 6 old dops,
well trained-the remainder younoer-some
should think MOI a year old; one of these, a
lady bloodhound, walked about the village
with me as familiarly and lovingly as a span
lei; but her kindness was imperative upon
ihe rest OF her clan, for such u set of ferocious
beasts never before saw. That modern
panel, Van Amburgh. who gees among the
llonG. would stand no chance amoner them:
When any living thing approaches one of ihe
oider dogs, his eyes flash, he roars with race,
and twists like serpent to escape from his
cham; the keepers have them under subsection.
but have frequently to maintain quiet and order
by infllctlng heavy blows with a cudpel.
when the dog lays down with an air which
seems to say, 81 will be civil to accommodate
you; but d-n your stick;'' for they neither
Vince nor howl.
a few days since as an experiment, a ne
gro was sent a mile into the woods to climb
tree, and in an hour afterwards a dorr was
put on the trail-he followed it direct through
all the wlnd!ngs OF the bushes without faul-
tering. The only question~is, will they fol-
low the trail of an Indian? If they will,
they Will be great acquisition to the coun-
try, Tor as to fighting, am satisfied they
would grapple with any thing. The way
two or three of them would rattle dozen In
dams out of a scrub, or a bay-gall would be
nobody's business. can only add that am
much pleased with the bloo,!hounds, and
would like no better fun than taking a hunt
with them.
-Four keepers have come with them from
Cuba. The elder, very respectable sort of
man, Is ! believe, runaway negro hunter
by profession, and he has such confidence in
his dogs, that he is ready to lead their way
against Indians, wherever ordered-thcre is
nothing of the fiincher in his appearance.-B.
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TERMS OF THE SPECTATOR.

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KENTON HARPER, at Two Dollars a
year, if paid in advance-or Two Dollars and
Fifty Gents, after the expiration of the first
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but at the option cfthe editor, until all arrear-
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sral discount will he made to advertisers by
the year.
l-Letters on business must be postpaid
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The Memphis. Tennessee Enon;ror

The Memphis, Tennessee, Enquirer. saws.
1--WE know OF several changes in Memphis:
some Van Buren, men say they would not be
sorry to see Harrison elected. We have
heard other Van Buren, men express tbeir.be-
lief that he aoW be elected. They say thew
want to see change Of times, and hope
change In the course Of the Government NAV
produce it. ANY thing for change they
say. A gentleman from Colliersville assures
us that several of his neighbors who would
not have voted for Mr.. Clay, VIII now
vote fcr Harrison. Make way for the peo-
pie! Make way for the peoplei''
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/. POETRY.
EVENING REFLECTIONS.
BY DIR. WATTS

BY DIR. WATTS.
Let not slumber close your eyes
Before you've recollected thrice
The train of actions through the day:
Where have my feet chose out their way2
What have learnt, where'er Pve been,
From all I've heard, from all I've seen!
What know | more that's worth The knowing
What have done, that's worth the doing1
What have sought that / should shun!
What duties have left undone?
Or into what new follies run?
These selfinquiries are the road
That leads to virtue, peace and God.
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PUBLIC SALE.


BY virtue Of decree of the Circuit Supe-
rior Court of Law and Chancery for Angus
ia County, bearing date the End day of Feb
ruary. 1888, entered i'm a cause therein depen-
ding, in which Samuel X. Bradford and 9TH
ers are plaintiffs, and Richard Rankin's Ex'or.
heirs and devisees, and others, defendants,
| shall. on Tuesday the 18th day of April
next, before the door of the Eagle Tavern in
Staunton, proceed to sell, at public auction,
for the best price that can be obtained in ready
money, the following property. to wit:
100 .fcres Of Land,
belonging to Richard II. Dudley, and Wash
ington M. Dudley, lying in Jennings's Gap,
and adjoining the lands of William G. Dud-
ley, or so much thereof as will be sufficient
to raise the sum of one hundred and sixty
seven Dollars ten and half cents, with legal
interest thereon from the End day of February,
1888, till paid, and costs of sale: 1t being the
same land devised to Nancy Dudley, by the
last Will and Testament of Richard Rankin,
decd. recorded in the County Court Office
of Augusta.
Any person DESTROYS of purchasing, is re-
ferred to the papers of the suit, where the IT,
tie papers are filed.
MOSES H. McCUE, Com'r.
March IL, 1910.
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March 5.
VIRGINIA.

AZ Rules held in the Clerks office of the
Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
for Augusta County, Monday the I'd day Of
March 1910.
Samuel Mohler-plaintiff,
AGAINST
hlagdaline Mohler, widow, and Jacob Moh-
Ter, admir-. of John Mohler, decd, the
said Jacob Mohler, Abraham Mohier. Ann
Mohler, Martin CARRIER and Magdaline his
wife, late Magdaline Mohler, James G.. Ii.
Haynes and Jane his wife, late Jane Mob
Ter, Henry Weed and Hetty his wife, late
ietty Mohler, Benjamin Showalter, and
Sarah his wife, late Sarah Mohier, and
Yielding Betto and Hannah his wife, late
Hannah Mohler, heirs and representatives
OF the said John Mohler, dec d.-defent's.
IN CHANCERY.
The defendants, Martin CARRIER and Mazda
line his wife, and Fielding Bette and Han
nah his wife, not having entered their appear.
ance and given security, according to the act
OF Assembly, and the Rules of this Court,
and 1t appearing by satisfactory evidence that
they are not inhabitants of this Common
wealth Iii ordered, that the said defend
ants do appear here, on the 1st day of the
next term 10th of June next,) and answer
the amenaed bill of the plaintiff; and that a
copy OF this order be forthwith inserted. in
some newspaper, printed in Stanton. for two
months successfully. and posted at the front
door of the Courthouse of Augusta County.
A Copy-Teste,
NICH'S. G.. KINNEY. C..
March 5.
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Wehave this moment returned from the
North Bend, where we have been with some
thousand of our citizens, to pay visit to the
Log Cabin Candidate. The occasion of the
visit was the presentation of the American
Eagle, sent TO General Harrison by the dele
CATION to the State Convention from Craw-
ford county. The hale old Chief received us
on the lawn in front of his house, and made
most .appy reply to the address of Mai.
Charles S. Clarkson. All was Joy and en-
husiasm.--Cincinnafi Republican,
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On, VIRGINIA,) THURSDAY, MARCH &C. 1910.

BeneooIence.--"I leave to you the bulk of
my personal property, as the fat old gentleman
said to his lean nephew,
Co"sfrucfireness.-"i'll do it for you with
pleasure" as tie carpenter said, when the
hangman asked him to make gallows.
Id:aftfy.-''Iil banquet on the smiles Of
love- as the hungry poet said, when he
thought OF his mistress, about dinner time.
In'fdf,on.- follow in your footsteps -
as one chief said to another when he spelled
him on the tread mill.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-03-26

SILK CuLTURE.-The National Silk Socie-
ty have offered numerous bounties, varying
from 500 to $1,000 each, for the best speci,
mems of raw silk, to be produced during. the
coming summer. The whole amount Of the
bounties is $4,000: The prospect is fair
that the silk culture will become a prominent
and settled part of our domestic industry. and
that SILK, either raw or manufactured, will
constitute, within few years, valuable sta
pie of home production.
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EgPURSUANT to an order of the Cir
cult Superior Court of Law and Chapcery
Tor Augusta County, made at November.
term, 1889, I will proceed to sell to the
highest bidder, before the Store of BENJAMIN
crawford, Esq. in Staunton, on the I'd dav of
May next, on credit of six months,
:, rive shares of the Capital Stock of the
New shenandoah Company, belonging to the
estate OF the late John Wayt, decd.
March I9.
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VIRGINIA.

NlSG1NlA.
AT Rules held in the Clerks office of the
Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
for Augusta County, Monday the End day OF
March 1910.
John Deal-plaintiff
AGAINST
Sarah Thompson in her own right, and the
said Sarah Thompson and Lewis Way land,
adm'X. and admir-. of William Thompson
decd, Becky Eversole, George, Berry,
William, Layer and Harden Eversole, heirs
and representatives of Abraham Eversole
decd. John Thompson, Alfred ]. Sprague
and Jane his wife, late Jane Thompson,
William, Joseph, and Mary Thompson,
heirs and representatives ofthe saidWilliam
Thompson, dec'd.-defendants
IN CHANCERY.
The defendants heirs and
representatives of Abraham Eversole, decd.
and William, Joseph, and Mary Thompson, not
having entered their appearance and giv-
en- security, according to the act of Assembly,
and the Rules of this Court, and it appearing
by satisfactory evidence that they are not in
habitants of this Commonwealth {: 1t is or
dered, that the said defendants do appear
here, on the LIST day of the next term 10th
of June neXt,) and answer the bill of the
plaintiff; and that copy of this order, be
forthwith inserted, in some newspaper, print
ed in Stanton, for two months successfully,
and posted at the front door of the Court
house of Augusta County.
A !Copy-Teste.
NICH'S. C.. KINNEY, c. c.
March 5.
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IN CHANCERY.

The defendants, except Thomas Brown, not
having entered their appearance and given Sc
curlty, according to the act of Assembly, and
the Rules of this Court, and it appearing by
satisfactory evidence that they are not inhab-
itants OF this Commonwealth 1t is ordered,
That the said defendant do appear here, on the
list day of the next term Och of June next,)
and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that
copy of this order be forthwith inserted, in
some newspaper, printed in Staunton, for two
months successfully, and posted at the front
door OF the Courthouse of Augusta county.
A Copy-Feste,
NICHS. G.. KINNEY, C. c.
March 5.
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VIRGINIA.

flh1lNlA.
At Rules held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
for Augusta County, Monday the 2nd day OF
March, 1910.
John Steele, Jr.-plaintiff,
AGAINST
Henry Bright, Adam Bright, and Susan his
wife, John, Jacob, Sarah, Stephen, Andrew,
Mary, Sarah and Solomon, children of the
said Adam and Sarah Bright, Adam Shultz,
Henry Mccormick and Joshua II. Cress-
defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
The defendants Henry Bright and Adam
Bright not having entered their appearance,
and given security, according to the act of AS
sembly, 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 ap-
pear here, on the Ist day of the next term,
1Oth day of June neXt,) and answer the bill
ofthe plaintiff; and that copy of this order,
be forthwith inserted, in some newspaper,
printed in Staunton, for two months success
svely, and posted at the front door of the
Courthouse of Augusta county.
A Copy-Teste,
EsCHS. G.. KINNEY, C. G.
March <
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March 5.
VIRGINIA.


At Rules held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Superior, Court of Law and Chancery
for Augusta County, Monday the 2nd day of
March, 1910.
Isaac Caruthers-plaintif,
AGAINST
Alexander McCluer, Nicholas McCluer,
William X. McCabe, and Mary his wife,
Moses McCluer. VIM. McCluer and David
McCluer, children and heirs at Law of Mo-
SEES McCluer, decd. Thomas ID. Woods,
and Mary McCiuer, widow of Halbert Nc
Cluer, decd. and Observation-Disclosures.
IN CHANCERY.
The defendants Alexander McCluer, Moses
McCluer and William Il. McCabe and Mary
his wife, not having entered their appearance
and given security, according to the act O
Assembly, and the Rules of this Court, and
it appearing by satisfactory evidenc that they
are not inhabitants OF this Commonwealth :
1t is ordered, that the said defendants do ap-
pear here, on the lst day of the nextterm (the
10th day of June,) and answer til. original,
and amended bills Of the plaintiff; and that a
copy of this order, be forthwith inserted in
some newspaper, printed in Stanton, for two
months successfully, and posted at the front
door of Courthouse of Augusta County.
A Copy-Teste,
NICHS. G.. KINNEY, G. C..
March 5.
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VIRGINIA..
March s..

At Rules held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
tor Augusta County, Monday the 2nd of
March, 1910.
James Rankin-plaintiff,
AGAINST
Thomas Brown, Martha Brown, widow OF
John Brown, decd. Robert, Elizabeth and
Martha j.. Brown, children and heirs of the
said John Brown, deed. Samuel c. Brown,
son of Samuel Brown, decd Erastus and
Samuel McCrillis, infant children of Saley
McCrillis, decd, daughter of said Sam
uel Brown, decd. John Brown son of VIM.
Frown, decd. and Patrick Hays and Jane
his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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HEAVEN BORN GENIUs.-N1ason, the poet,
was asked to subscribe to the poems of Ann
Kearsley, the Bristol miik-maid. 1.-The Po-
ems" said the gentleman replying, s.of a
1heaven-born genius, III much distressi' Ma
son gave five guineas, with this reply: '.There
are i've pounds for her distress and five shil-
iings for her heaven born-genius!'
Nearest road to Lady's' Bedchamber.
Henry the Fourth of France was much ena-
INQUIRED eff lady who used to attend the Court.
The Prince one day, in gallant humour,
said to the lady-''Pray, madam, which is
the way to your bedchamber % s9Throuqb
the Church, said she.
When prosperous times come to the poor
they grow rich rapidly, because of their hab.
lts-when bad times come to the rich, they
grow poor rapidly because of their habits
LuXuries and ornaments should not be CON
sidered necessaries, extravaganza the basis o.
respect, nor idleness happiness.
The Emperor Adrian very innocen.ly ask
ed Epictetus, ''why Venus is painted max
ed ?''-The philosoph because she
always reduces her followers to such povert,
that they have no clothes. The smiles of a
pretty woman are the tears of the purse
DROAD limit Wo persons, each occupy
ing room in the same building, the one il
tho story ABOVE was complaining that hi:
stove did not draw well. The other replied
81 thought IT did draw well, for find it draw
ing my wood up stairs
Francis was the first monarch who intro
duced ladies at his Court. He said, in stvl
OF true gallantry, ''that drawiDg-room with
out ladies', was like the year without the
spring, or rather like spring without flowers,
a FRENcHMAN's DETENTION OF BROKER
-"Ah! maik rim doconUerfe dat is de raj
sen vat fore de peepelle coll de agent BroLa
1t is becose venue de personne hav bizzeen
esse vid him he become br0kcr'
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Charles EH. EesE2S,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.

WILL regularly attend the superior and in
W ferior Courts of Augusta and Rocking
ham, and the Courts of the Corporation Of
Staunton.
March 5.
Rockingham Register insert At,
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ScgooiMAsTER-.We ell, miss, can Won de-
cline Kiss 2" GIRL-(dropping c1rtesy, y
eyes, sir. ] can--but ! hate t6, most Ma,
gueily.''
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The Buffalo Journal calls Kentucky high
souled and chiyalrous State. Ne object to
the word ''chivairy' its applied to kentucly.
>outh Carolina has rendered that word alto.
gcther unfit Tor any State but herself.