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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-11-16

Once on time, not long ago, not so far
from Millersburg as it might be. a good
hearted man and his long tongued, style
talking wife, attended a; social party. AL
most every three minutes his wife would
check her husband thus:
CHOW, William, don't talk 50 loud"
"Come, William, don't lean back in the
chair that way!" fsj ~
CHOW William, don't get noisy over
therep' i.7 slE y i'"
''Say, William, let the girls alone, and sit
by mel" -
At last forbearance ceased to be virtue,
and the husband, who was really pitied by
all in the room, rose and said:
Il beg pardon Of the company; but as my
wife insists on being boss all the time, it is
quite right she should have these"
And he deliberately took off his pants,
handed them to her, and sat down in his
boots and drawers.
The company was astonished F.; the woman
burst into tears the happy couple soon
went home but neither of them wore pants.
How the affair was settled we can not tell
but the last time we saw William, he had
the pants on We are inclined to think she
will not again boss in company in hurry.
Holmes County (O) Farmer
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Austria is preparing for another war
Austria is one of the countries that is always
preparing for another war and is never ready
for it,
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Richmond advertisements.
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COMMISSION And F0RW ABIDING MERCHANTS,

No. e, 10Th. Street, Betaceen Nam d C0ry,
RICHMOND "a. ee
VIII give their special attention to the Sale of
Tobacco, Grain, Live Stock, Merchandise and
County Produce generally, andtothe Purchase of
Goods on ORDERS pledgng to give theirstrictper-
sonal attention to any business entrusted to them
va Parties making consignments, liberal adj
vances made hst ~"
We are well insured, sufficient to cover all con-
signments. -. e,g r
BAGS FURNISHED AT THE. SHORTEST
80 Eia NOTICE. s@t
REFERENCES IN AUGUSTA: fa
Mcclure / Bumgardner, S. NJ. Woodward 4
Bro, A. NJ. Pierceand Baker Brothers, Staunton;
Eli. Hogshead, Esq. Meredith Hogshead and
A. Sproul, Middlebrook A. W. Anderson, Mof-
fett's Creek; Bumgar1ner & Lipke, and VIM. F.
Smith, Greenville Nelson, Gibbs & Co., and
OFT, Spencer Co., Midway. John E. King &
Co., j. S. Wallace, and Peter Hanger Waynes-
boro; William McComb, and P. Schumacher 4
Co., Fishersvile; Efinger 4 Walker, and VIM.
Crawford, Mt Sidney Kemper& Patterson, and
Benz Craig, Mt. Meridian; Henry Koiner, Jno: F..
Patterson and Tollarius Koyner, -Koiner's Store;
Dr. Saml. Kennerly, Hermitage; 81. Parkins,
and VIM. Crawford, Esq, Willow Spout. z. IL.
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WILLIAM n. BRIGGS. +
SUCCESSOR To g an III
ais STEER & BRIGGS,
Commission and F0rW ardiRg Merchant,

No. 1906 Broad Street, Meat door to Va.
E. Central r. f.. Depot, al
RICHMOND, "a.
Will give his undivided personal attention to
the sale of all kinds of Country Produce and to-
filling orders for Merchandise generally and hopes
by PUNCTU Atty and STRICT attention to bu-
siness to merit continuance Of the patronage so
literally bestowed on the late firm ~
~ No charge for Storage or Insurance.
RESPECTFULLY REFERS TO "a
Messrs. Powell 4 Blackley, H. ,Ker 1, Co., Paul
h Co., C. R. Mason, A. NJ. Pierce A. S. Lara,
P Fl. Trout Esqs., Stanton.
Messrs. A. Blout & Co., N. L. Blakemore Esq.,,
Augusta County. BE
n B. Particular attention is called to MY LocA-
TIoN, Country Merchants Forwarding goods
through us have but one drayage to pay and no
STORAGE to paw Oct 10. If
N. NJ LEE, II. II. PECK,
Richmond, Va. Staunton, Va.
~ T. E G. p E @ X,
COMMISSION MER CHANTS,
No. 144S, Franklin Street,
ss RICHMOND, VA,
solicit consignments of all kinds of Produce.
i, Prompt Returns made.
The undersigned having formed co-partner-
ship for the purpose of conducting Commission
Business in the city of Richmond, would respec-
fully solicit consignments of all kinds of Produce
We promise to use our best endeavors to obtain
the highest cash prices and make prompt returns.
xig.. N. NJ. LEE,
Oct left H. H. PECK.
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ESTABLISHED 1885.
Pianos, Pianos, PIANOS 5!
JOEL ETTINGER, Stanton, Va,
90 SOLE AGENT Tog
Z STIEEIa,S i.R ENIIIIM PIANOS.


it-VS SOLE AGENT FOR
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' nNIESE instruments have been before the pub
: lie for the last thirty years in onpetition with
the best makers of the country, and are now
pronounced by all the leading professors and ar
natures the best Pianos manufactured. These in
struments have all the, latest improvements and
are warranted for five years the privilege OF
exchange within IL months if not entirely salts
factorily to the purchaser.
Second hand Pianos at prices from $50 to $500,
Mclodcons, and Parlor Organs from the best ma.
kers always on hand.
Reference, Gen. Robt. E. Lee, Washington Col
lege,. Lexington; Rev. r. H. Philips. Va. Female
Institute; Miss Mary Baldwin, Female Institute
J. c. Covel1 Principal, and Prof. W. G. Graham
of Va. Institute for Deaf Dumb and Blind, and
]. W. Abby and Prof. Al. Turner, staunton, Va.
call is solicited. Terms liberal.
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Josh Billings on the Mule.

The mule is half boss and half Jackass,
and then Gums to full stop; natur discovered
her mistake. Tha weigh more akord;n to
their heft than emmy other kreeter, excepta
crowbar. Tha kant hear emmy quicker nor
further than the boss, yet their ears are big
enuf for snow-shoes. You kan trust them
with emmy one whose life amt emmy more
than the mules The only wa tn keep them
into medder fencing, is to let them jump out.
Tha haint got emmy friends, and will live on
huckleberry brush, with an occasional chanse
at Kanada thistles. Tha are a modern in.
.yenshun; don't think the Bible deludes tn
them at tall Tha sci for more money than
emmy other domestic animile.. You kant tell
their age by lookin intu their mouth emmy
more than you could a Mexican cannon. u
Tia never have no diseas that good club
won't heal If tina ever die tina must cum
rite to life again, for never heard nobody
sa 9 ded mule" Tha are like sum men,
very korupt in harte. I've known them tn
be good mules for six months jus tn gift a
chanse to kick sumbody. I never owned one,
and never mean tn, unless there is United
States law passed requiring it. The only
reason why tina are pashunt IS bekause tina
are ashamed of themselfs. I have seen ed
dikated mules in sircus. Tia kould kick
and bite ,tremenjis. would not sa what |
am forced to sa agin the mule if his birth
want an outrage, and man want to blame
for it. Emmy man who is willing tn drive a
mule ought to be exempt by law from run
ming forthe Legislature, Tha are the strong
est kreeters on earth, and heaviest akordin
to their size herd tell oy one who fell oph
frum the tow path on Erie kanawl and sunk
as soon as he touched bottom, but he KEEP
rite on towing. the boat to the mex stashun,
breathin through his ears, which stuck out
ov the water two feet six inches; [ didn't sea
this did, but an aucshuneer told me Nv it,
and | never knew an aucshuneer to lie UNI
less it was absolutely convenient. y
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Coffee Crushed VS.. Ground.

The following is from the annual of iScien-
ti.fc Discovery: .f., rs. g.
1t is not generally known that coffee that
has been beaten is better than that which has
been ground. Such, however, is the fact.
and in this brief article on the subject, Sava-
rian gives what he considers the reason for
the difference Ashe remarks, a mere decoc-
ton of green coffee is most insipid drink
but carbonizatlon develops the aroma, and
an oil which is the popularity of the coffee
we drink. He agrees with other writer's
that the Turks excel in this They employ
no mills, but beat the berry with wooden
pestles in mortars. ~e
When long used, these pestles, become pre-
cious and bring great prices. He determined,
by actual experiment, which Of the two meth.
DDS was the best. He burned carefully a
pound of good Mocha, and separated it into
two equal portions. The one was passed thro'
the mill, the other was beaten after the Turk
ISL fashion in a mortar He made coffee Of
each. Taking equal weights of boiling water
he treated them both precisely alike. He tast-
ed the coffee himself, and caused other compe-
tent judges to do SO The unanimous opinion
was that coffee beaten in mortar was far bet
ter than that ground ina mill.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-11-16

PROPHECY Ca pamphlet has been is
sued in Belgium conveying the curious and
the credulous information almost as remark
able as that contained in a recent volume,
that the plays Of Sbakespear were written,
not by that man, but by another man. The
substance of the pamphlet is that Louis Ma
poleon is the destined monarch of the world !;
that he is anti Christ, and the beast of the
Revelations, whose number is 666- see
chapter 10, verse Is, which number singu-
lar enough it appears, his name spells in
Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Thus, the Latin
for Louis being Ludovicus, the number is
found thus: L-5O-u- 5-d-500- o-O-v-5- 1-c-
10o-u- 5-s-0-666. Again, the Greek for
Napoleon is Napoleonti, and N-50-a-1-p-
SEQ 7O-n-5O -t-300-i-10 -666 in Greek let
ters. Furthermore, in Hebrew the words
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte make up the mys-
tic number, 666. The same pamphlet states
that Apollyon, or, in Greek, Apoleon, the
name Of the predicted anti Christ. seems al
most IDENTICAL and with N prefxcd, wich is
the abbreviation of the word nae-verily or
truly means Napoleon, truly Apollyon.
This is singular, to say the least, particular
" when compared with Dalels descriptions
Of the last great destroyer, .that he should
be being Of inscrutable countenance, I'M
derstanding dark sentences, and by his poll
cy causing craft to prosper in his hand, des-
troying many by peace, being also, at the
ontset, vile person" Both prophecies
seem to point to the subtle character and APP
pearance, and peculiar antecedents of him
who so falsely asserts that '.the Empire is
peace" See Daniel, chapter viii, verses
% and %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27

The freedmen's district of the State of Ken
lucky has been divided by the Assistant Com.
missioner as follows:-The Lexington sinh.
district. comprising forty-three eastern coun-
ties of the State. with headquarters at Lexing-
ton, Brevet Colonel r T.. Johnston, Veteran
Reserve Corps, chef superintendent The
Louisville suo-district, eleven counties con-
uguons 10 Jefferson, headquarters at I,ouis
Vile, BreyeI Brig. Gen. G. H. FREDERICK.
Veteran Reserve Corps, chief superintendent
Inc northwestern sub-district, thirteen conn
ties adjoining and lying west Of the CuEber-
land rIyer, headquarters at Paducah Major
John H. Donovan, Veteran Reserve Corps
CHIEF superintendent The southern sub. :
trlct, nineteen counties of the southern central
portion OF the Stale, headquarters 1t Bowling
Green, Col. G. F. johnson, Veteran Reserve
Corps. chief superintendent. The central su h..
district fifteen counties. mot included in the
above.) No chief superintendent the agents
Tor counties reporting direct to the State su :
perinteneent. Civilian superintendents and
agents are employed at moderate salaries and
are Instructed that they Will be held to an
equally strict accountability with the officers
OF the army on duty in the bureau for the fidel
lty wrh which they discharge their dutie
and that they are to lend to the freedmen
every possible facility to obtain remuneration.
employ ment and permanent homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
TBEEDMEN's SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED
STATES

J. W. Alvord. Esq, Inspector of schools
and Finances of the Freedmen's Bureau, has
submitted to the Commissioner his semi-au-
nual report of the condition of the freedmen's
schools IN the UniIed States. II represents
that the total number OF schools, exclusive of
night schools, Sabbath. ard private schools,
In al! the districts of the Bureau. Is 975. The
total number of teachers employed is |. 40j and
the total NUMBER OF pupils receiving tuition is
SJ.I1e- The State of Virginia is in ad vance of
alithe others in freedmen's schools: the mum
Der reported being l23 schools, 200 teachers
and I1,7Si scholars.
Inc inspector SAYS, in reference to this sub-
lect: ''Amidst all the EN- barrassments of these
past months, the schools have steadily gained
~ numbers, attainment. and general inf uence
Ihls Is rue- with a good degree of sameDess
over all the States, except Louisiana where
special causes have temporarily paralysed our
EFFORTS Teachers, generally are becoming
more apt and skilful in their Instructions The
rapid progress of pupils hitherto noticed con-
unues The associations of the North are IN
cTeasIDg their patronage and funds concen
UatIng their means in central agencies which
promise greater economy and efficiency, and
all are now ready. with fresh hope 10 co.
operate heartily with the Bureau"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
CIRCULATION OF THE CITY PRESS
RULES RELATING TO LAND CLAIMS

The General Land Office has just issued the
following rules, which Will govern entries of
land for homestead actual settlement:-By the
Sth section of the Homestead Act of 1852 par
ties who have made entry under that law, on
the condition of five years continuous settle.
ment and cultivation, have the right, at any
time before the expiration of that period, to
make proof of such settlement up to a given
day, and then pay for the tract at 81 50 per
acre, and at once get a title
Where homestead settler has entered a
tract containing more than leo acres he Is re-
guiTed 10 pay for the excess in cash: and when
he desires 10 change his homestead 10 a cash
purchase. he is credited with the amount of
such excess, and only required to pay for the
loo acres.
Where party enters under the Homestead
law, and abandons the tract, he forfeits all
claim 10 the fees, commissions, &c, which. at
the time of entry, were paid at the Local Office
for the services rendered by the Register and
Receiver in regard TO SAID entry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
THE SOUTH AND THE PHILADELPHIA
CONVENTION.

1t mas suited the purposes of the radical
press of the North to republish every scrap of
editorial to be found in any Southern journal
Expressing disapproval of the National Con-
vention at Philadelphia. The object was to
show that the South is vet in a sullen. imprac.
ticable, rebellious spirit, and must copse.
quently be dealt with as a rebellious, imprac.
ticable people. As we have heretofore said. i,
was not TO be expected that the action of a
national body, eschewing all sectional
ideas or party names, should be acceptabIe
to extremists at either end of the Jrnio,
AT the South it was to be expected tbara
would be found some offsets to the Phil
lipses, Summers and Garrisons of the North
but in going over large number of Southern
exchanges We find that the extracts thus made
by the radical Northern papers give a very
unfair idea of Southern opinion. and even n.
the opinion of the extremists of the South. The
OBJECTIONS that we have seen made i'm Southar,
exchanges to the doings of that Convention
have in no case been made to the prlncinIas
laid down by that body, but to certain poin,
in the resolutions adopted. We find for in
stance. the Richmond Times, which has been
as much quoted from as any in hostile crit
icsm OF these resolutions, now saying frankly
""'he principles which were enumerated nv
the Philadelphia Convention meet with the an
proNal OF the Southern people. and we have
not heard one word of objection TO them from
any quarter
Tie Times says further:
upon all great questions of national policy
the Northern and Southern Conservatives a a
united. The doctrine of secession Ia wing
persisted upon the battle field, we are fectIv
willing TO admit that il met a violent death AZ
The hands of the North. Neither have we ever
heard any public man or any respectable iour-
naist at the South ad vocate the Reputation of
the national debt. We did object to the Sontb.
efn people being asked 10 rejoice over tba
failure of their magn fcent and noble struggle
Tor national independence. There was we
hope, not Southern delegate In the PhiladeI
phia Convention who did not weep tears of
bitter, unavailing regret when the grand old
Army of Northern Virginia laid down its
arms, after having routed five huge Federal
armies. We regret now, and shall ever de-
plore, the failure Of cause in which three
hundred thousand of the flower of our youth
we e slam, and in which we had on lands
laid waste, our cities burned and our propertv
swept away. This regret we hope is still felt
by every Southern delegate to the late Conyen
ton. But as Providence, for some time past
has pretty generally been upon the side of tbe
nations having the heaviest artillery and tho
largest armies, we were beaten, and we have
returned honestly to our allegiance TO the
Federal Constitution and laws"
This extract is a fair exposition of the feel.
ing Of the Southern press, far as we have
seen ii expressed, In regard TO the Philadelnbia
Convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
RULES FOR PENSIONS CLAIMS

Claimants for an increase ofpensIon under
the law granting to widows two dollars per
month additional for each child under sixteen
years of age, will be required to prove the
dates of birth of such children in the manner
required in the case of an application on be.
half OF minor children, as prescribed in pre-.
y'ous forms and instructions. This sxplana.
ton is now published by authority of the
Commissioner of Pensions, lest the instruc.
lions under the act Of July 25th 1866, Should
be misconstrued on account of the omission n,
this requirement from said instructions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
LOCAL NEWS.

BUYING STOLEN ASIMALs.-At the present
time, when the country around is greatly an :
noyed by the felonious depredations of thieves
IL VIII be well for butchers to look well 10 the
character OF the persons Who offer animals for
sale. Saturday. Lieut. Hurdle. OF the First
ward police, and Mr.. ODay, OF the First
ware, missed three fine hogs from their prem
ises. and the owners went at once in search
Lieut.. Hurdle went with Lieut. Johnson 10
the slaughter houses in the second precinct.
ana IN the slaughter-house of Mr.. Niehmyer,
apork butcher. found his own and Mr. @, DAVIS
hogs, slaughtered and hung up. The butcher
mad purchased the animals Saturday afternoon
Tor S2I--a low prIce-from a negro at the North
ern Market; and 1t Hurdle having identified
the carcass, the butcher had 20 paw for them
again at the rate Of fifteen cents per pound. SO
that in the end the profits from the meat will
amount TO very little Unfortunately, the me-
gro from whom they We're purchased has NOT
yet been arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
MAJOR GENERAL HooKER,s STAFF

Major General Joseph Hooker, commanding
the department Of the Lakes, has issued a
general order announcing that he has taken
command, and that his staff will be composed
of the following named officers - Breyet
Brig. General Geo. ID. Ruggles, Assistant adiu
tant General Brevet Captain J. NJ. Lancaster.
LIST Lieut.. Sd Artillery A. ID. c.; LIST Lieut.. w.
w. Tompkins, Sd Artillery, A. ID. c.: Colonel
G. H. Hoyt Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Tolun.
teers. Chief Quartermaster; Captain G. IL.
Atchison. Additional A. ID. g., Breyet Colonel
u S. ' Volunteers, Assistant Inspector General:
Surgeon @. S. TrIpler, Major and Brevet Colo.
mel U. S. Army, Medical Director; Captain J.
H. Gilman. G: s., Brevet Lieut.. Colonel U. S.
Army, Chief Commissary: Captain G. +. Robe,
V. r. c., Acting Judge Advocate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
SEIZURE OF sMUGGLEp Goops.

Although seizures Of contraband goods on
our northern frontier are not so frequent with
in the past few months as formerly, owing 10
the increased vigilance of the officers and
agents of customs in preventing most of the
attempts to introduce goods free of duty. vet
occasionally some smuggler, more enterprisisg
and persevering, or more hardened in crime
than the rest makes an attempt and a failure
On the southern shore of Lake Ontario, IN The
OsWego district, an attempt 20 smuggle lilo uors
was frustrated last week An agent of the De-
pariment seized part of the cargo of a vessel,
IS kegs OF whisky, kegs of gin, one of brandy.
ara sundry other goods, amounting to SI.5OO
The men having charge of the vessel were ar.
rested and lodged i'm prison.
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SECOND EDITION.
8 O'CLOCK p. M
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
THE PRESIDENTIAL TRIP TO oHICAgo

It'll understood that the Presidential party
to start o-morrow for Chicago will embrace
some twenty-five persons, all told. OF the
Cabinet, Secretary Seward and ladies, Score
tary Welles and lady, and Postmaster General
Randall will go. The other members of the
Cabinet find it impracticable to leave Wash
ington at this time. General Grant and his
Chief of Staff Rawlings will be OF the party,
and also Admiral Farragut and General
McCallum and lady. Surgeon General Barnes
and lady will probably be of the party.
Senator Patterson and lady, Colonel w. G.
Moore, and Colonel Robert Morrow, Marshal
Gooding, Mr.. l.. A. Gobright, and Mr. w. W.
Warden will accompany the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
DROLL LKTTLR TO sECRErARY hcCUL

The following is from q Communication re-
ceived BY Secretary McCuIloch to-day. en-
closin some dilap,dated currency:
"AUGUsT ed. iS5S.-Dedr Sir. 1 enclose
herewith q few specimens of L. =. currency
In common with many of my fellow citizeHs 1
deplore the need ola BUredu TO which srets' like
the within might be attached Having been
shorn OF their fine proportions by the storms
of this eveRtful age. they are now IN q condi-
ton 10 be retired. would respectfully suggest,
should circumstances render IL necessary 10
gam send them in 10 the world, that the face OF
Pater PGtrid be washed. A close observer can :
not fail 10 remark the change in color of fea-
lures, caused, no doubt, by n wanton ana in
discrimite use of charcoal in the manufacture
of the balm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
THE ALSIKE CI,OVER

The Alsike Glover seed, recently introduced
into this country, through the medi hip of
the Agricultural Bureau, has been found 10 he
very superior quality and perfectly adapted
TO our soil. Many communications have been
received by Commissioner Newton, uniting in
the belief that this clover is superior to all
clover, both for haying and pasturing. The
society Of Shakers at Mount Lebanon, N. V.
have written to the commissioner attestine its
good qualities and ask to be informed of the
manner of obtaining it in large quantities