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HEApauAprERs LA. BRIeADE OF VoLUSTEERs,
Camp at St. Juan de Buenavista, July Is, 1886


Camp at st. Juan de Buenavista, July Is, 1886
CAPTAIN: | find myself very much embarrassed
by the opinion expressed by Gen. Scott in letter
the Secretary Of War, on the subject OF his plan OF
campaign here. Arguing on the impossibility Of
commencing operations here before the fall, he says
that the six months volunteers cannot be retained
legally day over three months, and any exertion
Of martial law over them after that day will subject
any one attempting to punishment or retribution.
Now, this letter has been circulated by some one
interested in producing disorder, and there is great
danger that attempt will be made, at the end Of
three months, to claim release from service, and
that officers will be afraid to incur the responsibility
of resisting il in the face of the opinion Of the com
handing general Of the army. Having neither the
letters the laws at hand, can quote only from
memory; but will briefly state my view Of the
question.
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blows, Straw Cutters, and other Agri-
Il cultural Implements.--tievIng on hand u
very large stock of agricultural Implements and be-
ing DESTROYS Of reducing stock, now offer to sell
them at cost little below It. Farmers and gard
will find it to their advantage call, look at
them, and buy
j. F. CALLAN, corner of E and
August - 7th streets.
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ERENCH TEACHER wANTED.-A
IL gentleman who is qualified to teach the French
language may hear Of situation by addressing the
subscriber. One competent to teach the other mod
ern languages, and drawing, would be preferred
For particulars address
r. M. SMITH,
Principal Of Warren Green Boarding School,
Wsrrenton, Virginia.
Aug l2-2aw2w
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SoUTHERN JOURNAL of Medicine

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- and Pharmacy, published at Charleston,
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Also, the New Orleans Medical and Surgical
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DOCUMENTS.
ApJUrANT GENERALS OFrrcE,
Waohinotnp Mo-, oE 1914

Washington, May IS, 1916.
GENERAL: | am directed by the Secretary of War
to say, is quite probable, and highly desirable,
that many of those patriotic volunteers from LOUISE
ana and other States, who have sailed from New
Orleans, or who may be assembling to follow, under
the acquisitions and calls suddenly made in that
quarter, may, from the patriotic ardor be will
ling to reenrol themselves under the act of the 18th
instant as ireipe month volunteers that you be- and
you accordingly, requested TO invite them to do
so; and that you cause all such as may consent to
be enrolled in companies and regiments giving cred
for the time PASSED under their frat hasty enrol
ment
Previous to the new act, MAY 18th, y there was
no legal authority for requiring or accepting the scr.
vices of volunteers for a period exceeding three
months; and any enrolment prior thereto, for o
longer Time cannot, Of course, be enforced though
it is probable most ofthose who volunteered for six
months will consider themselves bound for that
time.
1t is Of great importance, however, to secure the
services of the volunteers now with you for the long
est legal period itoeipe monih,,) and you are ac-
cordnsly requested to every proper effort to &C
complish this desirable object.
The Secretary Of War will correspond with the
governors upon this subject and request their CO.
operation in etfectng the arrangement herein pro-
posed.
am, general, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
r. JONES,
Adjutant General.
To Breyet Brig. Gen. u. TArLoR,
Commanding Army Of Occupation,
Camp, opposite Maiamorss, Texas
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HOUSE SERVANTS wANTED.-A
IL good cook, who can aid in ironing; a good
washer and ironer, who can attend to chambers
They must come we'll recommended, both as to
character and qualifications. To such, fair wages
permanent employment, and good situation will
be given. Inquire of the printer,
Aug l2-u
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BY VIM. MARSHALL, Auctioneer.

TWO secondhand carriages, horse and
l. harness Mt auCtiOn.-On Saturday morn
ing, 18th instant, at a quarter before 9 O'Clock,
shall sell, in front of Centre Market
secondhand barouches, in good order
l very good family horse
sets single harness.
Sale positive.
w. MARSHALL.
Aug 12-dts Auctioneer.
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A RTIFICIAL TEETH.-Dentists will find
N good supply Of artificial teeth, at the drug
store corner Of and 7th Streets opposite the Post
Office. J. F. CALLAN.
Aug u
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MOUNT ST. MARy,s COLLEGE, EN-

WI MITTSBURG.--The exercises Of study at
Mount St. Mary's College, will be resumed on
Monday, 18th instant. The charge for board and
TUITION is slS2 per annum
Letters and applications may be addressed to the
President Of Mount st. Mary's College, Emmitts-
burg, Maryland
There is a daily stage from Baltimore 10 the Col
Iege and also from Frederick 70 the College,
JOHN McCAFFREY,
Aug. l2-3t President.
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Extract Of letter from the Secretary Of War 10 General
Taylor, dated May %, 1886.
GAS it appears that Major General Gaines in send
ing forward volunteers TO Texas has exceeded the
call made by you for that description Of force, il
would seem proper that this excess should be dis
posed Of in such manner to cause as little ex-
pense and embarrassment to the service as possible
The call Of Gen. Gaines has been recognised to the
extent Of the number Of volunteers already sent to
you, and you will therefore receive them into ser.
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FURNISHED House TO Iet.--A two story
brick, comfortably furnished and agreeably sit
uated. Terms very moderate. Apply to X. s.,
through the Post Office, Washington, ID. c.
Aug. 1870"
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~ For auction and other advertise.
ments see page 34S.
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United States, not warranted by any existing legis-
lativc enactment, may create much dissatisfaction,
but il il not in the competence of the Executive to
remove the cause of it. Having adopted in advance,
the necessary measures to meet any emergency in
the condition Of the troops under the command of
General Taylor, these irregular proceedings could
not be anticpatad hat AZ soon as known TO the de-
partment the most prompt measures were taken to
arrest them; and is matter OF the deepest regret
that thew progressed 80 far they did before the
check could be effectualy applied. This depart
ment is disposed to use all the authority it possess
ca to mitigate the evils which have thus resulted. Ii
has already asked from Congress liberal nppropri-
alton to defray the expenses which have been
thus incurred But desire to remind your ex-
cellency that the consequences which you
ly lament, rremeaiabe by the government as
conceive them to be, are not the only evils
likely to flow from this unauthorized proceed
ure. Should those troops, not legally in SER
vice, be employed, II may well be questioned
whether, with or without special legislation, they
will be subjected to the rules and articles OF war;
whether the disbursements TO them, and on their
account not being pursuant to any existing law,
can be passed by the accounting officers even with
the sanction Of this department. fit could be given
and whether the public property committed to them
be regarded being disposed OF IN legal man.
ner II ia true that most Of these difficulties May
be removed by future legislation; but it yet re-
mains to be seen to what extent Congress
will feel disposed to apply the remedy The
recent debate in the Senate on the resolution calling
for the correspondence between this department
and General Gaines will show the views entertained
by some of the prominent members of that body
upon the subject and the obstacles to be spprehend-
ed in the way Of procuring the favorable inteposi-
ton Of Congress. While commend the patriotic
spirit which animated the citizens Of your State,
cannot but regret that il had not been more eau
tiously directed. Had such been the case, the
country might have been as we'll served, pro6tess
expenditure avoided, and the extent Of personal sac
rifces greatly crcumscrbed. But as il is, can as
sure your exeellency am disposed and ready to
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-07-16
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.

The Commencement Of the Virginia Military
Institute was held on the 9TH. The degree of
"Graduate" was conferred on fourteen OF the Ca
dets The order of the public exercises was as
follows:-lst. Reading of the Declaration of In
dependence by Cadet j. c. Council, of Norfolk
county. 2nd Grafton by Cadet H. B. Smy,h. of
Wythe. Salutatory address by Cadet j. q. Mari,
OF Fauquier; Orations by Cadet W. NJ Nelson,
OF Clarke, and Cadet r. f. Colston. of Berkeley.
Valedictory, by Cadet Il. b. Robertson, of Rich
mOnd.
Among the new appointments in the list of Paw
Cadets, we notice the names of j. w. Massie and
- Thompson, of Augusta.
We are pleased to hear that the COLLEGE and In
sttute have compromised their difficulties. and that
their former conucXion has been restored
On the evening of the Sd brilliant Ball was
given by the Cadets. The Gazette says-"We
do not know that we have ever witnessed more
beautiful and fascinating company of ladies than
was there assembled. Richmond, Staunton. Lynch.
burg and Liberty furnished their full quotas of
these light troops, who, we fear, have been most
destructive to our young soldiers of the Virginia
Military Institute"
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THURSDAY, JULY i6, 1916.
STAUNTON CONVENTION.

meeting Of the citizens Of Augusta is respect
fully requested at the Courthouse, on Monday the
9th of this month, (being Courtd day, for the pur-
pose of appointing Delegates to the Convention pro
posed to be held in Staunton the 18th of August
next, ON the subject of Reform OF our State Con
stitution. Although but two counties berkeley
and Jefferson far as we are advised, have as
yet appointed Delegates, other counties appear to
be moving, and we ought not to allow ourselves to
be caught mapping. Whatever differences of opn-
ion exist among us, growing out of the uncompro-
missing attitude assumed by the two great divisions
OF the State on the question: in the last Legislature.
we hope that all will concur in the expediency and
propriety of our being represented in this Convention
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WAR WITH MEXICO

The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
American repeats what we have seen stated before.
that 'the dismemberment of Mexico is the DESIGN
fof the Administration, and that not only by the in
vaslon of California, but by the seizure and possession
OF the entire country beyond the line of Tampco
on the Gulf of Mexico, and the same parallel on
the Pacific. This seizure embraces the richest and
most valuable provinces of Mexico
II includes all of California from the head 10 the
cape, and not alone the provinces bordering on the
Rio Grande Parts of Jalisco, Guadalaxara and
Iacatecas, and all of Sonora, Durango. San Louis
Potosi, New Leon, Chihuahua, Colahua and Ia
maulipas are to be the fruits Of this conquest.
The Government here arc ready to settle the
question now if Mexico will yield up the country
have named, or consent to run Il line from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific upon the line have
named. All this is in contemplation now, secretly
but seriously, and the regiment raising for Califr
MIA, of which gave you the first notice some time
since, is the FIRST fruits of the Expedition. con-
tent myself with making the announcement of the
ambitious designs of the Administration, and leave
IT to yourselves and readers to speak OF them as
they deserve to be spoken Of"
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PEROUJSETES OF OFFICE

=, Among the articles for which the Clerk of the
House Of Representatives has issued proposals to
supply the members of that honorable BODY At lie
next session. are 900 English pen knives. four
blades best pearl, stag or buck handles :, and 21O
WIN WIN two blades, Of the same quality-makino
lU4o peri-kmves, for the use of 22S gentlemen for
The period OF three months-Cour apiece and small
surplus we suppose for the clerks and oor-keepers.
hIs is one OF the hundred small items of extrava
giant expenditure that make up at the end of each
year so large an aggregate We really cannot i'm
aglne why it is that member of ConGress reouires
a new Penknife once month-.and indeed WHY il
rs that they do not buy their own. If thew we're
required TO do so, perhaps, the .'MoNopoLY" would
not be given to English cutters, instead Of the .
moflcan-4unless indeed the British Uhigs" should
prefer 10 buy in our "nat,0ai market" at Birmino
nam; rather than in the unnatural one at Pitts
brTgh - Wlrp
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From the Baltimore American.
MEXICO

The Message or Address of PARE DIES to the Mex
lean Congress, now in session, presents lamenta
BILE yet doubtless true view of the internal cond-
ton of Mexico. Ever since the period Of the rup-
ture with the mother country which launched the
republic upon sea of revolutions the spell of LEGAL
authority has grown weaker, the spirit of obedience
has decayed, and the laws and the that mo
mcntary popular enthusiasm alternately raised up
and pulled down, has every day sustained themselves
with greater and greater difficulty. Such is the
testimony Of this official document addressed to the
Mexican Congress.
The truth is that the doctrine promulgated from
distinguished source in the United States, tina,
Ito the vlctors belong the spos," has been long re-
duced to practical operation in Mexico to an extent
sufficient to develop the natural and full results of
the principle embodied in it. Mr. WEBSTER
lately remarked that Mexico was unfortunate in not
producing patriotic men-wlich is lamentaby true
Their political struggles, taking the form of forci
Die conflicts, are struggles for the spols OF office
Each administration, when fixed in power soon be-
comes corrupt enough to warrant the public condem
nation; and although there is TO assurance that il
will be succeeded by better yet the present evil
is considered worse than prospective one. Thus
the inrguers out Of place continue TO render obi
Gus and then to overthrow the peculators in place,
and one set of plunderers follow after another to
prey upon the vitas of the republic. !; is not to
be expected that patriotism flourish in the fatal
presence of maxim reduced TO habitua practice
which regards the offices Of the State as the pro-
per plllage Of the most successful aspirants in pub
Tic life.
PAREDEs undertakes to Justify his own assumption
OF power. The weakness Of the administration
which preceded him rendered it unable to meet the
difficulties of It's position; it was, in fact. accor
ding to his representation nbecile and Inefficient
that social dissolution itself impended lie declares
the dsnterestedne% of his purposes when he star
ted upon the enterprise of establishing by physical
means fixed point from which reorganization Of
the political system might be accomplished 1t
was necessity which constrained him-a necessity
which left no alternative but anarchy and the des-
truction Of all ties Of society and government He
says:
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THE TARIFF OF IS42.

1t is melancholy to contemplate the fate of this
wise and beneficent measure, by which the Country
and the Government Were raised from the lowest
depths of depression and pecuniary embarrassment,
to condition of almost unequalled prosperity as it
now hangs suspended upon the hardly doubtful issue
between conviction and duty on the one hand, and
mere iealty and adherence TO Party on the other,
before the so-cal!ed Representatives of the Nation
We say it is hardly doubtful issue; and are we
not right in 50 saying? After the clear and une
quivocal declarations made by BRINKERHoFF, not
only for himself but for his party associates of the
Ohio and New York delegations, as well as by
TIBBATTs and RATHBUN, upon the very eve of the
vote in the House of Representatives, and their
sudden and shameless recreancy to those DECLARE
tons, who doubt that the same memorable
Power which was brought to bear upon them, and
sie their consciences, will still be exerted to secure
the consummation of its object?
1t is indeed melancholy contemplation The
whole history of the which has been waged
against the present Tariff is one of deep fraud
and profound national humiliation From the
NAME LETTER." by which Pennsylvania and
other Tariff States were doubtless deluded into the
support of Mr. Polk down to the concoction and
preparation of the bill by which it was intended to
be over'hrown, and its passage through the House,
the whole course of the enemies of the Tariff of
1912 has been marked by trick and deception. and
Il disposition to clrcnmvent if it could not change
the Intelligent will Of the People in regard to it.
victory thus obtained however, must be short
hved-lt cannot be permanent. The distress and
rum, which are sure to follow must work change
deluded and suffering People will vindicate their
rights; and we look upon the expulsion of the pre-
sent ruling party from power as the inevitable re-
suit. Still, how poor atonement will that be for
the calamity inflicted Years Of depression and
distress must necessarily elapse before we can
emerge from it.
But, let us here say to the friends of American
Industry and the true Independence of our Country,
be not utterly cast down by this most untoward
event.-lt is not, have reason to believe. the
result of fickleness in the public WILL but of clear
and palpable fraud upon it.-A majority of the
People Of the Union are with u.s. We have every
thlng, therefore, to encourage us; and instead of
yielding to the Storm let us brace ourselves against
1t till 1t be passed, and do what we may, by pru-
dence and systematic preference for the manufac-
lures OF our own country, to break its force and
mitigate the common calamity.
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FOR THE STANTON SPECTATOR.
A GOOD MARKET.

Is IL not somewhat strange that in n Town con-
tanning two thousand Inhabitants and havinr two
large public institutions, four extensive scboo ,na
three taverns, we have not been able 10 es,ah,;S, .
good general market2 In regard to meats wo ID
very well, but for vegetables, poultry butter, and
the other products Of the garden and dairy. we are
left entirely dependant on chance. This certainly
ought not to be the case. Why do not some of our
farmers in the neighborhood establish dairy =? II
would be much cheaper 10 most OF our citizens to
buy milk and cream than to keep cows, and it would
certainly be much more convenient if they were as
sured of regular supply.
And why have we not n public garden to supply
us with the rarer vegetables, and with flowers2 In
winchester there are two, and both are doing well.
why should we not have onc2 There is a GREAT
deal more travel through Staunton than Wnches
ter, and the resident population is more than half
as great VIII not some enterprsing gentleman
see to this? 1t would certainly afford good profit
The two large and excellent female seminaries
which the hberality and enlightened public spirit of
our citizens have established amongst us, would
almost of themselves Justify the establishment of a
greenhouse and flower garden for the convenience
and qualification of the young Ladies'
How much good market would contribute to
the comfort OF our wives and mothers who have
charge of the house keeping department! Halfthc
trouble of providing would be removed Now half
the pleasure of the visit of friend is lost in the
trouble that is necessary in making provision for
their entertainment. A boy must be despatched
post-hase to the country to buy dozen chickens
or pig. and the residue of the household are
scamperng over the town to buy or borrow little
butter or cream, OF eggs We owe it to the Ladies
as well as ourselves TO have this grievance remo,-
ed. Cannot the wisdom of our Mayor and Com
monahty devise remedy in part, and will not the
public spirit and enlightened finterest of the
citizens do the rest?
What delightful thing it would be to have in
the suburbs OF our town a beautiful garden embel-
lished with trees and shrubs and flowers. where or
citizens could promenade in the evening and be re-
ffeshed with strawberries raspberres and cream.
or ice cream, or choice fruit of various kinds
What an lnducement it would afford to persons
from distance to proong their visits to our town
How much it would promote sociabty and harmo-
ny and good feeling to have such place of rendcz-
vous after the business and fagues of the day were
over Again | say, cannot this thing be accom-
Pshed? 1t can, and trust some gentlemen will
find it to their interest to take it in hand without
further delay. -
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THE BRITISH GRAIN MARKET

The Providence Journal quotes paragraph from
m English paper, announcing that cargo OF Whoa,
was lying In Goole, near Hull, and was offered at
'i''y cents a bushe, and adds '.The farmers Of
'"e west may Judge from this of the benefit likely
70 accrue 10 'hem from opening the British ports to
our wheat Nor is this all. The repeal of the
Dfi'lsh corn laws will stimulate the production of
wheat IN ''ussa' Poland and the other grain-grow
in9 countries OF continental Europe, and the
american Farmer enter the field of CONNIE
'itlon only at prices even lower than that which wo
have named.-The superior price of labor in this
country ana Inc great rates OF freight will complete
smut us out from the trade so long as Dantzic and
Odessa can participate in it upon equal terms.,,
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The war between the United States and Mex
leo engrosses much attention in England. In com
pmentlng the dispatches of Gen Taylor, the Lon
don Times of the 18th June SAYS:
"ie writes like man Of sense. skill. and cour-
age; and we have not the slightest wish TO detract
rom the honors he has CALAMITY earned under the
flag Of his country. Whatever opinion we may
entertain OF the causes of this war. and the poti-
cal motives In which it originated the behavior of
the American General and his troops deserves TO
be Judged of by a much higher standard than the
policy Of the Government which it is their duty
TO serve. The conduct of the Mexican army. on
the contrary, demonstrates the utter inability Of that
Government to protect any portion of its doninions
from invasion, and it degradcs the descendants Of
the Spanish Americans still lower in the rank ol
natiors"