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THE WASHINGTON STATESMAN
Published Every Saturday Morning
The Government.

SIN this country, especially, it is habit
not only consistent with the Constitution,
but even essential to its stability, to regard
the Administration at any time existing, as
distinct and separate from the Government
itself, and to canvass the proceedings of the
one, without thought of disloyalty to the
other ''-Secretary Seloard'S Dispatch to
Minister Adams.
This, coming, as it does, from the old
chief-the head and front of the Republi-
can party, is at once rebuke to the blind
zealots of that political faith, who have all
along advocated the idea that to differ from
the Administration was to go against the
Government. We suppose the blatant
mouthed Administration -howlers will now
say they alaOays could discriminate between
che Administration and the Government
But there is more than one journal on this
coast that has advocated that perniciaus
doctrine 1t is clear that so long as those
administering the affairs of the Govern
ment, stick to the text--the Constitution
and laws-they are practically the Govern
ment; but whenever they 60 beyond this
whenever they seek to carry out unconsti-
tutional measures, it is exercising usurped
authority, and they are liable to impeach-
ment And we believe it is the duty of
the American people to see that there is no
infringement of the text. If it were Oth-
erwise an Administration might at any time
though representing only an inconsider-
able faction--say we are the Government
and we can construe the constitution to
suit our peculiar lpae diritS, and the peo-
ple cannot check us. But, happily, an Ad-
ministration can be checked in wrong-do-
ing by the potent voice of the people.
More than once during the reign of the
present Administration the subtle waves of
fanatoism have been thrust back by this
mighty engine Of our Government.
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VEGETABLES.
wheat OF oats.
THE FIRST OF JTTNE.

Yesterday was the 1st of June, the day so
anxiOusly looked for, when miners were required
to represent their claims or forfeit their titles to
them The bloody scenes Of the day were not
few A man would come along with his shovel
on his shoulder and thinking he had found va
cant claim, would get into an old prospect hole
and commence throwing out dirt-perhaps would
not get fairly at work, when the original claim
ant would come up and order trespas8er to "skee-
dadle;" on failing to comply with the very gem
tlemanly request, trespasser gets lick over the
countenance. If he comes to time they proceed
to settle the title to the claim, pug net et caLcu-
bus; if not, it is considered by original claimant
as being finally settled. l hope these difficulties
will soon be adjusted, and if so, we will have
more gold stories to tell.
understand that the Indians are committing
depredations of every character upon the miners
on the South fork of Boise. Many are leaving
good diggings there for fear of losing their
scalps ITEMS.
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Sherif's Sale.
OF WASHINGTON.
County Of WalIa WaIla,

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON,
County of Wala Walla,
KYGER & REESE, VS.. J. McCRAITH.
ID Y virtue of an execution to me directed, from
ID the District Court of the First Judicial District
t., will sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, on the premises hereinafter de
cribed, the following real and personal property,
to satisfy ju gmeut rendered at the April Term,
1868, in favor OF said Kyger & Reese and against
said JAS. McCraih, for the of two hundred and
twenty-three dollars aud seventy-twO cents
(S223 72) judgment, and cost Of suit, taxed at
$l44, 90, and interst and accruing costs, on
Tuesday the 23d day Of June, A. D. 1868,
between the hours of o'clock A, NJ and O'Clock
P. NJ. Of said day:
] Desk and contents,
Is Casks and Kegs,
Guns,
l Bar, or Counter,
"a Empty Bottles,
"A Bottles and Contents,
Bottles Peppermint,
l Can with Oil,
Tins Of Drugs,
4 Sash Doors,
% Window Sash,
Also the following described real perty, to-wit
One lot OF ground, (in the rear Of Hawthorne and
Kiuney's buildugs) fronting Alder street, in
Block No l3, Lot Nc Z, with one frame house, two
unfinished houses stable, improvements and sticks
Of timber on said lot, all situated in the city and
county Of Walla ALA, W. T.
Z, B. WHITMAN, Sheriff.
Wala Walla County.
May Is, 1863 23w5
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FROM GRANITE CREEK- Mossman,
of the Granite Creek Express, gives us the
following There are about 700 men at
Granite Creek and vicinity, making $8 to
800 per day There are four towns in
the mining region, namely: Pleasant City,
Granite City, Centerville and Independ-
ence. Provisions are plenty and cheap
-four selling at$14 per hundred, and other
articles at proportionate rate
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THE Oregon steam Navigation Company
have the contract of carrying the daily
mail from Portland to the Dalles, at ten
thousand dollars per year.
, 1863-06-13

OPENING THE RoAD.-The contrac-
tors who are to prosecute the work of open
Jag the new road across the mountains will
commence operations on Monday.
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Regular meetings Of Enterprise Lodge No. 2, I. 0.
0. F. held every Wednesday evening at 6o'clock
All brothers in good standing invited to attend
R. Guchard, R. s.. WM. B. KELLY N. G.
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SSaAC0 EEOp OhsaIsS
NTILL be received at this office until l O'Clock
w P. NJ on the l5th Of June 1868, for furnishing
Fresh Beef to the troops at this Post from the lst
day Of July 1868 to the 3Oth of jane, 1864.
The Beef TO be of good and whole ONE quality,
in quarters with an equal proportion of each (necks
and shnnks to be excluded delivered at the Commits
sary StorehOuse, in such quantities as may be from
time to time required for the troops, and such
days as shall be designated by the commanding off
Ger.
Each bid must have the names Of two responsible
persons subscribed to it suretes for the faithful
performance Of the contract; the contractor and his
surees to take the oath of allegiance to the United
States.
Bids should be addressed to the " A. c. ST. Fort
Walla Walla, w T., and endorsed, 4" Proposals for
Furnishing Fresh Beef"
Bidders are invited to be present at the opening of
the bids.
The A. c. S. reserves to himself the right to re-
ject any and all bids that may be deemed unreasona
blc. LEW. G. CABANIS, lst 1t. w. 7. Inf'y.
A. C. S.
May %, 1868. 29w4
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Sherif's Sale.
TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON,
County of Walla Walla

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON,
County Of Walla Walla.
FRANK STONE VS.. JoHN PtLLoN.
ID Y virtue Of an execution, to me directed, from
I the District Court Of the First judicial Dis
tnct, Washington Territory, viii sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash, the premises
hereinafter described all the right title and interest
Of the said John Pllon in and to the following des-
crbed real property-to satisfy judgment rendered
at the April Torn, 1868, in favor Of said Frank
Stone and against John Pillon on the 28th day of
April for the sum Of Sl9925 and interest $l35 90
from said date attwo per cent per month and on
575 25 at ten per cent per annum according to judg
mentand costs Of suit to be taxed at $G4 10 and
cruing cOsts-on
Tuesday. the Both day of June, A. D. 1868,
between the hours Of 9 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock
P. NJ. of said day.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
Lots four "a and five 90 in Block nineteen C9J
with appurtenances, with one house on lot five.
e. B. WHITMAN, Sheriff,
Wala Walla County.
Jnne 6, 1868. 25w5
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Walla Walla Lodge A. F. & A. NJ hold their reg
ular meetings at their Hall the Second and Fourth
Saturdays of each month All members in gooc
standing are invited to at end.
CHAS. A. EBERT, W. M.
NJ. L. FRANK, Sec. pro te1a.
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RELIGIOUS Notice,

Preaching at the NJ b. Church every Sunday morn
ing and evening. Morning services at 1917 o'clock.
Evening services at 81 cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all. Rev. JOHN Finn Pastor.
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WITHDRAwN.-C. H Armstrong has
Withdrawn his name as a candidate for the
office of County Auditor.
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Final Settlement.

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, I Estate of H.
County Of Walla, NJ. Booth.
In the PRoBA COURT.
w H. PATTEN, Administrator Of the estate of
w H NJ, Booth. deceased, having filed his final
accounts OF his administration for settlement in Jnis
Court, and praying discharge theretrom, tits here
by ordered and decreed that Tuesday the 26th day Of
June, 1863 be appointed to hear the same and to
show cause, if any there be- why the prayer Of said
Administrator should not be granted.
WM. B. KELLY Probate Judge.
May 23. 1859 23M4
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LIST OF AGENTS.

The following gentlemen are authorized to receive
and receipt for moneys on account the WASHINGTON
STATESMAN:
PORTLAND-H. C. Northrop.
DAILES-J. S. Reynolds.
SAN FRANCISCO, L. P. Fisher.
~ Persons not convenient to an Agent can trans
nit moneys through the mails or express companies
at our risk by enclosing the amount in the presence
Of postmaster or express agent
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SeaIed PronosaIs

OFFICE OF THE A. A. O. NJ, !
Fort WALLA WALLA, w. T.,
lime Cd 1863 |
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OFFICE OF THE A. C. S.
FORT WALLA WALLA, W. 7,
Nav On 19eQ

May Is, 1868:
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Administrators Sale.

May %, 1868.
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The Jackson Memorial in England.

The following is q copy Of the advertise
mens ia the London Index. relative 70 the
Jackson memorial:
Gan. Thomas j SstoaeTalE) Jaehson -
Two Continents, bot0freu aud foe, cons
g.ife 70 mourn the premature death II Gen
.5sscksof Esro aud Christian Two years
til.sve been sufncienls 10 create fame which
has won the kindly respect Of enemies aud
the admiration of the old World. which
twenty four months since was ignorant Of
his existence.
It has been suggested that some general
recognition from Great Britain of the worth
Of such man by name, by race, and by
character related to US, although citizen
of another land, would be graceful token
of friendly feeling from the old country to
our kinsrnen across tie Atlantic.
The eminent sculptor, j H. Foley Esq,
1R A has undertaken to execute a mar bic
statute heroic size, Of the General for ST.
f0e0, while $500 may be required for Pc
!destal inscription. aud other extras Ac
I.cordiugly for 81 500, complete statue Of
I"Stouewall Jackson" by one Of our most
distinguished sculptors, may be prepared for
transmission to his native country when tue
unhappy war shall have ceased Towards
raising this sum. the subscriptions of our
countrymcn and countrywomen are earnest
|ly solicited Central and local committees,
with auxiliary ladies' committees are being
formed to collect the necessary funds.
+ The undersigned will gladly receive sub
scriptions until the final arrangements are
made, and an account has been opened for
General Jackson's Statue at Messrs.
ECoutts s Co 8 Strand, London w c.
N. B 1t is not at all intended that sub
scriptions to the statue should imply any
opinion on the merits of the American strug-
| gle They will be taken solely and simply
as recognition Of the rare personal merit
Of General Jackson.
| Committee Lord Campbell, Lord Eustace,
Cecil Earl Of Denoughmore, Hon. Ernest
Duncombe, NJ. P, Sir Eardley. Bart, Sir
James Ferguson, Bart. NJ. 2. Hon. G.
Fitzwilliam. NJ p, j S. Gilliat. Esq W
H. Gregory, Esq, NJ. p, Col Greeville,
M. r.. A. j. B. Beresford Hope Esq Sir
f. Kerrison Bart, NJ p. j Laird, Esq
NJ p, Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart, W :
Lindsay. Esq NJ p, G. Peacocke. Esq
M p. G E Seymour. Esq J. Spence,
ESQ
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General Land Agency

THE undersignend Lawyar of long standing
and farmer of large experience, have asso-
ciated the selves together for the purchase and
sale of land and the investment of money in Vir
ginia, north Of James River. Being we'll acq lin
ted with the people and lands in Northern Virgin,
ia, they invite the attention ard correspondence Of
persons disposed to buy or sell. A common medi
Jun will thus be obtained between distant parties
and mutual accommodation ensue. Those desiring
to sell will describe their lands accurately in al
respects, comprising section, locality, quantity,
quality ildings and the price demanded
Those desiring to buy will be equally particular,
stating always the quantity Of land wanted, and
the section in which it must lie.
Those desiring investment merely win state tn e
amount. ~
Commissions and contracts for purchase or sale
accommodating.
Investments judiciously made and titles carefully
examined. ~
Address and Office,
ROSS 4 SHACKELFORD
august 28, lS63.-6m Charlottesville, Va
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Notice to our xnsser sers.

Many of orr subscribers have
prmptly responded to "ni terms, pay
lag both their old Indebtedness and
their new subscription. To those who
s7e backward We give notice that they
ssast comply with orr terms The
Inscriptions can be sent bv mail al
anr al And the receipt will be re-
turned in he next paper after the re-
ceipt of til money. We have issued
tho paper for MY tire" months with
cut appealing to II friends. and We
hope that they will now sac the neces-
sity of promptly respondin as VIC
lave to pay cash for eyerythin5 con-
nected with til, office.
May LIST 1863.
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A PATRIOTIC SPIRIT SHOWN.

- = Aseo Alsoo 0e~ " otE E'tot VI
was received by the Commandant 0
4he Post that force of the enemy,
cavalry were in Highland county ant
might be contemplating a raid OF
Etaunton. Gen. Imboden was imme
diately notified of the expected move.
rnent and very promptly moved hi
forces from Rockingham to within {
few miles Of this point On Sunda,
night information was brought to thu
Commandant of the Post from Buffa-
10 Gap, about II miles distant, tina,
the enemy were crossing the noun
tain at that point. Every prepare.
ton was made by the authorities tt
give them q warm reception Gen. I'm
boden's forces were in readiness tt
move, the hands in the Government
workshops were differed and armed,
the conyalescents at the different
Hospitals were organized and placed
under the command Of Col. W. IL
Hartman, and all were ready to meet
the foe.
BY far the most pleasing sight to
us and which it affords great degree
of pleasure to record was the noble
and patriotic desire almost universally
shown by the citizens to unite in some
organization to repel the invader. The
Cavalry Company organized but a
few days since were in the saddle and
ready to show that theirs was nc
holy-day organization In an hour
Z section Of Artillery was organized
by the election of proper officers ane
on the field attempting to render it.
self efficient in the use of it's guns anG
ready to move on the shortest notice
The citizens generally fell in with
these different organizations Eager tc
participate in the coming strife
There was no panic here, but fixed
determination to teach the enemy ar
additional lesson to the one involun-
tarily learned at Wytheville. This
was really glorious day for Staun-
ton. 1t proved incontestably that the
hearts Of its citizens are in the cause
Had there been demonstration on
the town we are satisfied from the pa
triotic spirit shown here that the citi-
zens of the County would have rallied,
en- masse, to our support.
We have heard of instances Of d
few who declined to unite in organi-
cations and went on in then usual av-
ocations, but they are so exceedingly
few that we have not the heart to
speak Of them as they deserve, believ-
ing that the upbraiding of their own
consciences and the contempt of the
patriotic will be a suffielGht punish
ment for them The good work is
begun, let us not relax in our efforts
until every one capable of assisting in
home defence, both in tow and eoun-
ty,bo organized and rendered efficient,
for then, and not till then, will we be
sable to defy the predatory incursions Of
the enemy.
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CHI ADHESION.

For the past few weeks the enemy
have been making immense prepara-.
tions and have brought 70 bear guns
Of the largest calibre upon the de-
voted head of Fort SumptAr. with the
ultimate object Of taking Charleston.
By the latest information the brick
+ and mortar walls of Sumpter have
yielded to the immense shot and shell
from the enemy's batteries on Morris
Island, and several of it's walls facing
these works have crumbled into ruins.
AS these huge guns still hurl their
contents upon Sumpter we may ex-
pect to hear of the continued falling
of its walls until it lies a perfect ruin.
! 1t is remarkable that those faces ex-
posed to the iron-clads were but little
damaged, and that only those batter
les lately erected on the Island We're
effective. Tho the news OF the fail
of Sumpter would be received with
sadness by the Southern people yet
we can not see how we are to- eXpect
anything else, nor are We at all des-
pendent on this account, as the cap
ture Of Charleston afterwards must
be accomplished by destroying NUM-
berless sand batteries, erected to pro-
tect it, in the event OF the fall OF
Sumpter. Battery Wagner is sam
| pie Of these batteries upon which their
powerful land batteries, Of the enemy
have been playing, in concert with
those Of the feet, having accomplished
nothing else than adding strength to
this battery by embedding within it
their weighty iron missiles. The la
king Of those sand batteries around
the harbor must be done, if at all, by
the Iron clads and vessels of war and
not by land batteries, and since their
land batteries have not succeeded in
reducing Wagner and they are re-
ported as having commenced their
parallels from the nearest enc for that
purpose, thus acknowledging that
they csn not reduce it, if our batter
les around the llarbor are strengthened
to the degree Of efficiency Of Wagner,
it is plain that they can not be re-
duced by vessels of war That all
things will be done to enable us to
bold Charleston we do not doubt, and
we are hopeful Of the result.
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Augusta Female Seminary.

TIME trustees Of this institution announce that
i the next fall session will begin the lst of Octo-
Der, and close on the 30th of June, 1854.
Miss M. ). BALDWIN, aided by competent teach
ers will have charge Of the school, and Miss AGSss
MoCLUNG Of the Boarding department.
TERMS The price of board for the first three
months will be S60per month, exclusive of wash
ing During thedoowing months the price will
depend upon the state of the markets.
Tuition for three months in the Primary depart
ment, $l6 higher English branches, SIS; Langna-
ges $40 each; Music, $50.
Advance payment for each three months will be
expected
Staunton August 2l.-2t
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School Exhibition

TINE F irst Annual Commencement of St. Franci.
i School, viii take place at the Catholic Church,
IN Staunton, on Monday the 3lst inst at o. clock,
r. NJ.
The Exhibition will chiefly consist OF recitatons
BY, the Children selected from the best Classical
Authors; Singing by the Children under the di-
rection of Professor Ide. The exercises will ermi-
nate with the distribution of PREMIUMS TO
THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL.
Admission 81 90 Tickets to be had at Mr.. John
Scherrer's Store, and at the door. The proceeds
to be applied to pay the expenses for the OCCASION
md the surplus to the benefit CT our sick Soldiers
in TIC General Hospital.
August IS, la63.--lt
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REMOVAL.

We have removed orr Office to tke
old Bell Tavern buildings, on New
Court House Street, one door east Of
The Provost MarshalPs office, Cup
stairs) where we will be pleased to see
our old friends.
We are prepared to do job-work in
the neatest manner and with dispatch.
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Land For. Sale.

WILL be sold, ir front Of my office, in Stsau.
w ton, on SATURDAY, AUGUST 22d, q
tract of land containing about
60 ACRES,
Said land hes about one mile and quarter from
Staunton. adjoining the land of Geo. Baylor and
others, fronting ON both sides Of the public road
leading from Staunton to Hebron Church, and, IL
properly farmed, crops about well AZ any In the
neighborhood.
TERMS Either on Time or for Cash asrsv
suit purchaser.
GEO. BAYLOR, Agen,
Aug 7th ids for John f. RILEY.
The above sale is postpone to Saturday 18th Sep,
TENDER, 1864. GEO. BAYLOR. Agent.
Aug. 2lst 1864.
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THE RAIDIN HIGHLAND.

We learn that the Yankee raiders
in Highland captured the Court
which was in session. They released
the members Of the Court but re-
tanned Mr. D NJ. Anvil, a member of
tho bur, who had formerly been i'm
prisened in Camp Chase. Why they
did this we were unable to learn
They also took q number of horses
found there.
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CENTRE Al HOTEL.

CIFARLOTTESTILLE, II
VtHE Proprietor of this convenient 0OTEL r.
specially calls the attention Of the
Travelli7aE Public
to the situation # his House, being imme al
the Railroad. and thereby avoiding all chances II
being left by the trains His table, supplied with
the best the markets afford, and his we'll ventilated
rooms, furnished with
CLEAN BEDDIN0
afford comfortable entertainment TO the WAN
rsAvxLLKs. He respectfully solicits the patroHsks
OF the public.
r. VI. BAILEY.
March 6, fS6S.-6In
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HOGS. HOGS.

ME wish to purchase from two to three hun-
w dred STOCK HOGS, tor which we will pay
the highest market price. Persons having them
for sale, will do well by calling at Mason Har-
mans DistilIery, or p. B. 4 ]. B. Hogs's Stsrs.
on Beverly Street, Stsunton.
MASON 4 HARMAN.
N. R.-We will fatten Hog, at$s per month,
or for one-half tae Hogs. NJ Al
Staunton, June 26, l863-tf
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ACKNOWLEDGES McNTs:

The Southern Literary Messenger
for August has been received. Its
contents are the History of the War
(continued) by ii W sen, Rachel Of
Rama, European Emigration, and
New Englar, Puritan IN. The field
If Williamsburg, Agnes, To the
Southern Gross. Education after the
War, The Bulls that fall and Les
Miscrables. This .xetll.nt Southern
Literary periodical is meeting at the
Lands Of Southern people a meritcd
and generous support. 1t should b..
in every Southern family.
The Record finds It's way to orr ia
al. regularly. 1t was started with the
purpose of filing neetlful ard I'M
,,ortant vacuum in Southern Litera-
tare, lv furnishing connected his
t .rr Ut events occurring in this excl
ting war Of independence, and seems
W Il calculated to subserve the pur-
,,,se. Msssrs West and Johnston,
w',, pnElsh the Record, have not on
" Il en thoughtful in regard 70 this
! nrr,t ut the southern people, but are
aEEa publishing a number Of select lit
es,.rv and military works. They
s,1,,,ld h.. encouraged in their enter
saris;n.s s.tI,'rts 20 Fl. olll' spatling pop
ss'.riun frpu, y lrsii,.rn trash.
ssv r-i comics Of th. s uthern
: !;ssas.h law. be.s, ~s-...ivtsl i,v lis. 1t
is s.ra Is gotten rlFsscekly. devoted
t.,ailnnpr. wit END sarcasm sEewisll
,.s1r brother Editors he greatest sic-
cess in their undertaking..
Fatal Accident en- the Central Railroad.
IN accident occcursd on the Central
ns-~"s., Oh tuesday last, near Bumpass's
Turnsut. ',he up train ran of the track,
and lwo persous were killed and several
nlel,
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VALUABLE
Town PrOperty

WE offer for sale the Stable Lot and Stsb1ing
w attached to the Virginia Hotel, the present
rent of which is $500 per annum. There is no
property in Staunton which will yield more upon
the capital invested.
If not sold privately, we shall offer this property
at public auction Saturday the 5th day of Sep
TENDER, 1863. in front of the Va. Hotel.
G. Il. PEYTON L BRO.
staunton Va. August 2sth. ls63.--2t