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Notice to. Contractors.

INHE Committee appointed by the. County
Court of Botetourt will receive proposals
from the list to the 9Th of July next, for building
A B8T0IE 0OUl&TulE0WSlA
in the town of FlNCASTLE--a plan OF which
with specifications, terms of payment, and any
other information required by Contractors will
be furnished by the Secretary on the said LIST day
on July next, and at any time thereafter until the
o'h DAY OF said month, on which day all the pro-
posals will be opened and a contract closed. All
who may wish 10 contract for the work are res
Pecifully requested TO call the Secretary with
in the time above nientioned) for the requisite in
formation. and deposite their bids with him, or
forward them post PAID, to his address by mail.
Published by order of the Board. ~ .,,u.
BENZ. CARPER, Chairman.
JAMES McDowELL, Secretary.
Fincastle, June 10, lSi5.-3t.
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BEEF CATTLE.-The supply of Beef Cattle at
market on Monday was considerably larger than
for several preceding weeks, and may be consi-
dered heavy for the season. Sales were made at
prices showing decline. The offerings at the
scales comprised 500 head of these III remain
ed unsold, III were driven out of the market, part
TO Philadelphia and some to Washington, and
the balance, amounting to 2l2 head, were sold to
city butchers at prices ranging according to quail
ity from SO to SO per 100 lbs. on the hoof, equal
to $3.50 1915 net. There were but few sold
at the lowest figure, and the number for which
the highest was obtained was small The sales
would show an average of about $2,624. There
nave been no fresh arrivals during the week, and
the balance remaining from Monday was offered
on Thursday and about 60 head were taken at
from $2,25 to $2,75.--Bahimore american of
SATURDAY..
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Irust Property For Sale.

IN pursuance Of deed of trust bearing date
the lOth day of April ls4i, and of record in
the County Court Office of Augusta, executed by
James L.. Alexander TO the undersigned, 10 Sc
cure the payment of the several sums of money
on Saturday the 2lst day of June next. at public
auction, to the highest bidder for ready money.
so much of the lanyard and Lot appurtenant
thereto, now in the occupancy of the said Alex
ander, in the Town of Stanton, as will be sufIi.
Client to raise the sum of five hundred dollars, the
sum now due with interest from the lst day Of
April 1871, together with the costs of SALE The
title is unexceptionabe, but such CONVEYANCE
Will only be made to the purchaser as is usual in
| such cases. SAM'L. CLARKE, Trustee.
Stanton, May %, I615.-ts.
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WASHINGTON HOTEL.


vINHE undersigned, having leased this estab.
lishment for a term Of years, commencing the
the present month, will henceforth devote his
undivided attention TO its management. II shall
be tho aim OF the proprietor to render his Hotel
in every respect comfortable and agreeable to
visiters and boarders. His, Bar shall be well
supplied with the choicest liquors, and his table
furnished with the best provisions the market and
country will afford. His Stables, which have
been considerably enlarged, shallbe under the
care of attentive Ostlers. To the citizens of the
county he especially promises, that the most as
siduous regard shall be paid to their accommoda-
tion and that his terms shall be moderate. To
drovers, his establishment offers many induce
menls TO halt. His commodious Stables will ac-
conlmodate one hundred head of horses.
The ubscriber hopes that by the strictest atten-
ton to the comfort and pleasure of those who
may visit his house, he shall receive liberal
portion of the public patronage, 50.
MICHAEL. G. HARTMAN.
Staunton, June IL, lS45.-6m . l..
N. ID: All persons indebted to Mrs. Sarah j.
Harman, or who hold unsettled accounts against
her, will please call upon Mr.. William II. Har-
man for settlement.
U}-Democrat copy months.
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IMPORTANT DECISION.


In the U. S. Circuit Court, now sittinq IN
hichmond, Va, Chief Justice Taney and J1dpe
haiyburton on the bench, the following impor
'ah' decision was made in relation to the Bank
rupt Law. One of the defendants, A., on the ooh
OIL January, 1912, executed deed to p. and G.
"hich was recorded in the Clerks office of Rich.
mono, on the 22d day of The same month. con-
Veying to Them all the real and personal proper,v.
STOCK In trade debts, credits, and effects. of the
sao a. In trust, 10 secure certain creditors of the
mist and second classes. A. petitioned on the
Aoth OF August, 1919, TO be decreed bankrupt
ana on The Eth of September following. he was
aecreed "a bankrupt.-The Court set aside the
ueeu 20 L. and u, upon the ground that it was
made In contemplation of bankruptcy, and was a
fraud upon the Bankrupt law, and ordered the
trustees to deliver the property &C., now in their
hands to the Assignee In Bankruptcy. and to
rehuei an account before one of the Commission
ers OF the Court, of all the property. &C.. which
came TO their hands, or to the hands of either of
Them, by virtue Of said deed.
The defendants asked for AN appeal which was
granted on the usual terms.
ihe bankrupt act PASSED the 10Th Auui,st ia,
TO 70. take elect on the LIST of February, 1872 The
hlchmond Enquirer says:-Under the decision
In The above case. in which large amount is in
VOWED, all deeds TO the claims of apy mar.
ticuiar creditors, executed between the 18th OF
August, 1871, and the LIST of February; 1912. are
declared TO be fraudulent and must be set aside.
baltimore Patriot
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TRIAL OF NELSON HOOPER

w. Nelson Hooper, charged with the murder of
william brooks, in the County of Morgan, on
the l1th of February last, was tried before the
Circuit Superior Court for Jefferson County on
tuesday,, the Sd inst, and found guilty of muir
der IN the second degree-and sentenced to con-
hnement in the Penitentiary for Eighteen Years.
mere is another solemn warning to the drunk
ard-aye, and not only to the drunkard, but to
those who do not belong exactly to that degraded
Grass but who indulge 10 some extent in the use
OF intoxicating liquors, and therefore are always
IN danger OF becoming so, sooner or later. We
Knew Hooper wel--he was born and raised in
THIS town. The last time we were in Bath, we
went to see him in his prison. The first remark
he addressed to US was-"Well, | have cot nv
sci, INTO bad fix here, by drinking whiskey
and keeping low company All! there is the
secret OF nne-tenths of tile murders and other
crimes committed in the world. Remember this,
young men, If you would avoid the ignominious
i ,a'e OF Hooper and others-beware of drinking
liquor and Keeping low company % hmlesiowns
IA. Free Press.
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VALUABLE
TAN-Y ARD PROPERTY
FOR SALE,
IN THE TOWN OF sTAUNToN.


IL virtue Of a Deed Of Trust executed to me
by franklin II. Geiger, dated 9Th of June,
1913, and of record in the County Court Office
of Augusta, will offer for sale on the premises.
on Saturday the 9Th day Of July next, all the said
Geiger's individual and undivided interest in the
IAN, ARD, with its apPuFlenances, formerly
owned and occupied by Jacob Fackler, and more
recently owned by Gary 81 Drummond, of Nor
folk, and purchased from their agent A. II. H.
Stuart, Esq, by said Gegcr and Michael G..
iiarman. The Yard has recently undergone
some improvement, and contains twenty Vats,
a large Bark House, Currying House, and ali
the necessary conveniences for Tanning opera
lions, and is well situated for business, being
within one hundred and fifty yards of the Court
House. and having plentiful supply of water.
The said Geiger's interest is one-half, subject
to the payment Of two instalments, one due on
the 9th of May last and the other on the 9Th of
November next. The said Earman's interest.
consisting of the other half, n am authorized to
say,) Will be sold at the same time and place.
Terms made known on the day of sale
BREEZE JOHNSON, Trustee.
June IL, lS45.
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AUGUSTA SPRINGS,
FOR SALE.

M business rendering it impossible for me
TO pay the slightest attention TO this proper.
w., oiier it Tor sale ON very reasonable terms.
1t would be very valuable property in The
hands oil any one it might suit to occupy it as a
watering place The buildings are extensive
and costly, and well arranged for the accommo-
dalton OF 100 boarders. The water is of similar
character with the White Sulphur, has high re-
pntation for its medicinal virtues, and was much
resorted to so long as they were properly kept.
This place is situate about l3 miles NJ w.
from Staunton, on the Warm Springs and Harri-
sonburg Turnpike, Immediately at the base of
the North Mountain, and has long been regarded
as one OF the most healthy, beautiful and roman
tic spots in the western country.
The land is estimated TO contain about ESQ
ACRES, and is capable of being made an excel
lent stock iarm-from SO to GO acres of watered
meadow might be made, and it commands an ex-
tensive and valuable range for cattle.
For terms, apply TO subscriber at Stanton,
+. Il. STRIBLING.
June 10, Is45
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THAT'S RIGHT, LADIES.

female correspondent of the Albany Argus
is determined to retaliate upon MIR. Caude, and
expose some of the beauties on the other side.
Here is her first chapter, and we'll it is recorded.
I'VE like to show "fair play" in such matters.
MIR. Trump RETURNS FROM JOURNEY, HIS WIFE
MEETS HIM AT THE FRONT DOOR,
Eth! Susan-You are here. All we'll, | sup
pose What! Children sick with the measles 4
Little Tom had bad fall Well, it's ALWAYS
" so think. man need not expect to set foot in
ms own house, without being greeted with evil
udings. Don't keep me here in the draft. I've
shocking cold: Want good nursiov SIM
pose can't get it now, since children are under
the weather They will be attended to no doubt,
Mnd'eser becomes OF me. Give me some tea, as
soon as you can, with little toast, Susan, not
100 brown, remember, but just my mothers toast
(if you CAM with picked oyster or two. after
my journey. Mind the tea is hot. No sops for
me. Will see the children Not now. After
We had my tea. Can't bear anything more at
present. Heigh no ! "A bachelor leads an easv
LIFE Pity one can't know when they're well off
lea not ready yet Well, heaven grant me pa
tlence Ii was never so at my mothers before
was noosed. She had always a nice oyster pie
or something of that sort, if one come home nn
expectedly, or brought friend to dinner. What
no you say desired you to economist as
closely as possible, on account of that heavy en.
oorsement that is likely to ruin me? If / did.
economy is one thing, and meanness another. and
Saving about your own useless trumpery, is diff.
ierent matter from starving a man in his own
house. There, now! tears, declare Wei
us always SOL can't say kind word by way
OF advice (Which heaven knows every one needs
p pu' you must fall to weeping. Pm thankful thai,
m patient man=-that l can't be distnrha t
,rhes' no, nor by great events either. Had ,bat
been possible, should have been dead man tn"'
long ago. Then you might have cried indeed,
would have bppn Ioffa
the end of your days, I'll take my oath on IT, !
am glad 1t any thing stops your tears, but I
thought such an idea would make them aow tho
you have any thing fit to eat, and YOU can stav IN
.he room in case anything should be wanted. 1t
wouic be wonder indeed if nothing was FORGOT.
ten. w. 0'So''
MI trump seats himself at the table, and after
s"al'owing plate full of buttered toast four
" picked oysters and sixteen cups of tea.
,as asleep IN his chair to the great relief of his
Children " ''"'' " "el SICK
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-06-19

WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF FARMERS.
Messrs. Greedy and Nc Elra,h propose publish.
ing work entitled the Farmers Library and
Monthly Journal OF Agriculture" 1t will be
edited By MIR. John s. Skinner, late Assstan,
Post Master General, and we'll known as the
founder of the first Agricultural Periodical pub
lished in this country.
In the Library will be published continuously
the best standard works on Agriculture, embrace
ing the European well as American publica-
tions-with notes by the Editor, explaining the
difference of soil, climates, &c. The work will
be so arranged that the Library may be bound up
ny itself'-iorming mammoth volume of coo
pages at the end of each year, or each work con-
tanned therein may be bound separately.
The Monthly Journal of Agriculture will COM
prise Foreign selections from the higher class of
British, French aud German periodicals On Agri-
culture, with extracts from new books which
may not be published in the Library, &c. &c.
2. American: Editorials, communications and
selected accounts of experiments, improved pro-
cesses, discoveries in Agriculture, new imple-
ments, &c. &c. In this department alone will
this resemble any American work ever vet pub.
lished. 1t can hardly be necessary to add that
no Political, Economic. or other controverted doc
trine, will be nculcated through this magazine
It's prico will be Five Dollars year i'm advance,
Tor two royal octave volumes of 600 pages each
Any one sending SEQ will be entitled to five CO.
pies.
The first number will be issued on the LIST of
July, and on the first secular day of every month
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Int.
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JUDGE MCLEAN.

A letter from indianapolis, published in the
olne'nnati Gazette, thus speaks Of this distin-
gu'shed statesman and jurist. 1.-The May Term
OF the United States Court is now being held in
this city. Judge Mclean presides so ably and
is SO dlgnlfed on the Bench, and SO pleasant in
his intercourse with the bar and the people, that
ne has ever been highly esteemed by those who
have observed him while in the discharge of his
duties m this State. 1t is common remark,
made by men of all parties, that such man
ought to he our next President. His elevation
TO that station, would bring back the admnistra-
ton OF our affairs TO the purity which exist
ed previous to The introduction of the corrupt and
corrupling spoIs principle, as the controlling I'M.
fuence in all its movements.''
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TO TIL f. PUBLIC.

HARRIsoSBURG, May ~, 1916.
MIR. STicKELMAN:-You must forward per mail, i'm
mcdatey the price of the hair that was scattered in
the woods the night l stad Mr.. Clay toms. say
you must do IT, or you may wish you had There was
about lbs lost, which, with other damage donc was
worth about 81. need not here tell you how mean it
was to attempt to do private injury. need hard
y tell you, that such an act that which done
that night was no better than robbng hen roost But
simply demand pay for the damage done and if YOU
are not again caught in act you shall be cx
posed: II receive the s for the damage done at
Dccrheld, shall not advertise you in the Register,
Saunton Spectator, and Augusta Democrat but if the
s be not forthcoming within the three weeks,
you must look out for what is coming! Mark hat |
say Ioh are TO pay for cutting those straps and
tcrng that deer hair be exposed publicly that
Yours, JNo il. wARTMANN.
do not think that it will be any pleasure for to
advertise you far from it. sorry to know that
there any destitute of correct principles as to
be guilty of so base and dshohorabc But will
not read you lecture to what is gentecl honor
able You must however, pay for your Jiui, if you
hear from u.-Onc word more DO not imagine that
you do any thing without being There is an
Eye that never sleeps the broad Eye that upon
You when you committed the injury which you are
called upon to repair! JHO: II. WARTM&NN.
Immediately upon the receipt of the above letter,
wrote to Jno. II. Wartmann telling him that he he'd in
charging with that act, and also requesting him to
give his author, immediate satisfaction but he
has not yet answered my letter, upon the plea Gas
have been nforred) that did address him as gen
tleman. The why did not address Mr.. Wart
mann az gentleman was, that did consider him as
such, neither would any person else reading the
bove letter Therefore addressed him in language best
suited TO him, and what inference can draw from
such conduct, based upon so poor plea? think
gentleman elf such he considers himsef) and in Justice
to myself, that he ought to have given satfac
ton, but in view of Jno II Wartmann's past conduct
could not expect any thing from hin. Therefore
in vic IF
thus publicly, 70 make il known how very mean and
rascally Jno. H. Wartmann has acted with me- He
threatened in the above to publish in three papers
at the end Of three weeks, but hc has failed TO do that
aso,-no difference that not the first, he would
have chokcd All that have to add is, that Jno
H. Wartmarn has lied on me, in charging with doing
him private injury, in taking rather stealing, and
destroying his deer hair and cutting his straps and
pronounce it to be lie, aud Jno. H. Wartrnann liar
and the father oft Dull your teeth awhile that Mr.
Wartmann if you please.
THOMAS A. STjCKELMAN
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a. NE .Ro1Ecr OF Snip CANAL connecting the
mississippi with Lake Michigan meets with
much favour in tho West. There is 10 be n con-
ven'ion soon at Memphis, where this subject, a.
mong others OF interest TO the West, will be con-
s,oereu. Tho Missouri Reporter intimates that
tae execution OF the undertaking would render
the Missouri Of too much importance to be over
looked by the General Government-that the
great river in fact would be practically an inland
sea OF Itself with st. Louis as the central point
:, moreover the Missouri river and Oregon are on
the route to India. Instead Of Mr.. WHITNEY IS
giyantc rail road from Lake Michigan to the Pa
chc, communication may be effected through
the Rocky Mountains between the navigable wa
,efs OF the Columbia and those of the Missouri,
Wy reason of which ST. Louis might become the
great depot of the India trade. From that poin,
TO the East, South and North the streams of traf-
nc might flow in many channels.
These, however, are speculations Of too remote
bearing when the plan OF connecting the Mis-.
sissipPi with the Lakes is one Of immediate in
terest In view OF an efficient system of defences
on tho northern frontier. With such connec-
ton, allowing all the resources oil the Mississip-
Pi valley 10 be brought to the defence of the
Lakes, If occasion required, the means at our
command on those waters would be fully compe-
tent to meet any force which England might send
Nthither through her communications with the At
Hantic.
considering this great enterprise in military
Po'"' o' view, It's commercial uses would come
next, and would be scarcely secondary. So, in
versely, there works primarily designed for
trade, which, in the event of war, would be of
the first Importance for military purposes. The
completion Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tor example would give the Government the
means of communication with the West and
Southwest, while the routes by sea to New Or
leans and by the lakes to Chicago might be pos
sessed by the enemy. The Importance of such a
means of communication. cah hardly be over
rated, especially il it should lie found necessary
" carry on extensive operations at the South, and
TO transport thither artillery aud s,ores.-BaH
american.
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TO MEMBERS OF THE BAR.
o..
NASH * WOODHoUsE,
Booksellers, l37 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia

Do0kscllcrS, l5I main Ntrect, Richmond, virginia,
A RE prepared to furnish you with the leading
~ Standard Law Books, at as low prices as
they be bought for in the Sta,e-amongst
their collection they have the follOwing:-
Phillips on the Law of Evdence-4 vols. Sac
Judge Story's Equity Jurisprudence, as admin
istered in England and Amerca-2 vols. IL, q. -
Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitu-
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Judge Story on Bills. ,.
Judge Story on Contracts.
Judge Story on Partnership.
Judge Story on BaimeDts... , !, ~ q,
Judge Story's Commentaries on the Conflict of
Laws.
Saunders on Pleading and Evidence-2 vols
Archbold's Criminal Pleadngs.
Roscoe's Civil Evidence.
Chitty's Criminal Laws vols.
Mtford's Pleading. 49,,
Tomlin's Law Dctonary-3 vols.
Bouvers Law Dictionary-2 vols. ,.f
lhomas'S Coke'S Institute of the Laws of
England-3 vols.
Chitty's Pleadings-3 vols.
Russell on Chinese vols.
Sugden on Vendors-3 vols.
The Equity Craftsman. So.
Henning's Lawyers Gude-2 vols.
Cow on Partnership.
Fonblanque's Equity.
Henning's Maxms.
Roberts Frauds.
Stephen on Pleading. r.
Williams on Execntors-2 vols
Wheaton's Law Of Nations.
Vattell's Law Of Nations. .:. . =.
Gritty on Bills; Chtty's Blackstone--2 vols.
Gritty on Contracts
Starkie on Evidence-3 vols.
kents Commentaries vols.
Loiaax's Digest-3 vols. So. 800. -,
Lomax on Executors and Administrators
vols.
Comyn on Contracts
fuckers Commentaries on the Laws Of vir-
ginia--2 vols.
Robinson's Practices vols.
Robinson's Forms.
Revised Code of 1919, and Supplement-. 81.
Washington's Virginia RePors--2 vols, &c.
Richmond. June 5, 1915.
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RICHMOND MARKET.-JuSs Is.

FLoUR.-$4,l2 . a $4,62l2.
CATTLE.-Bccf from $3.50 to $3.50 Sheep, from
So TO $3.50.
BuTTER.-Mountain, wholesale, for common from II
to Is cts. Fresh Butter, from Is to 20 cents.
SIS.
PRovIsIoNs-Smithfcd and city cured Bacon (hog
round) s a l-2 cents; Baltimore and Western, hog
round, s cents sides, 9 cents shoulders d
cents joes - cents; Lard s l-2 &c.
CorrEE.--Rio, I'D $ cts; St. Domingo 6 a
Ia Laguyra, Ia 8; Java, 9I-2 IL.
IEAs.-imperiai and Gunpowdcr, 60 cents s 90
SUGARs.-Ncw Orleans Sugars Ia al l-2 cents ftI
common to prime; Porto Rico s Sd cents; St. CroX
l-2 ID; Loaf Sugars III 10.
MoLAssEs.-Cuba, % cents Porto Rico, 81 80 cts
New Orleans in bbls: 30 a 81 cts.
CoTroN YARNs.-Richmond and Manchester (Fac-
tory prices, Nos TO ID, II cts; Nos ~ 30, Is
iiIpEs-Grecn, to o cents per lb.; Spanish III ID
IRoN.-Pg, $35 1897 so; English $50 s5 Swc-
den $40 a 100; Tredegar 90 j. 100.
CUT NAILS Sd cents. per lb,
PLAsTER-$s $50, basin bank; wharf $s3. Ticrccs
Of 500 lbs, ground So.
SALr.-From the wharf S 60, from store S ,65
BANK AND STATE STOCKS
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1t is supposed that 100000 emigrants from Eu-
rope will arrive in this country during the pre-
sent year. The New York Gazette says that
lO.o0o nave already arrived, and adds-'slt is not
little Singular that an unusual proportion of
these are Bakers and 1'ailors-the Bakers from
Germany, and the Taiors from England"
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The McNulty case is still before the us. Gil
cult Court at Washington.

We see it stated in the louisville Coufier of
Friday last that Mr.. CLAY left that city on the
previous day for Lexington, having postponed
ms visit TO ST. Louis for the present. 1--WE are
happy to learn" adds the Courier, 'sthat although
not entirely recovered, his health has much inn
proved. His general health was never better,
we 'earn' toan it has been for several months
and vigorous, as he did fourteen years ago, when
we first saw him.' e'' VIZ"