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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-04-03

A cut finger is best protected BY being
encased with rag moistered with -four
and water; this will harden. and rcmaia
Gs@ spti! the healing is-esnplsse. a..
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SpOtsWOOd Hotel.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
This frst-class fashionable and popular no.
tel, the ONLY ONE on the Main Street of the
city-has been refurnished and put in the
most perfect order throughout.
Che travelling public cordially invited
to make their homes at the Spotswood-
the Proprietors pledge themselves to make it
for the future what it has been for the past
FIVE years, the
LEADING HOTEL OF RICHMC ND AND
THE SOUTH.
CORkERY & MILLWARD,
August S-tf propretors.
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A man named Bernard McCaherty fell dead
in liquor saloon in New York, on Thursday
week
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AMERICAN HOTEL.
Immediately at Virginia c. Il. r. Depot,
Staunton, Va.
Col. Charles II. O'Ferragl.
PEOpRIET0n.
The Proprietor in resuming the entire man
agemcnt and control of this well known and
popular hotel promises in the future. what
has been his aim in the past to cater to the
wants of the public and 10 retain the reputa
ton the american las borne as a
FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
1t has been thoroughly
REFITTED AND REFURNISIIED
with
NEW AND ELEGANT FURNITURE,
and is not surpassed by any hotel in the State.
THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE
and the offices of the different Stage lines are
at this House.
Thanking his many friends and the public
generally for the liberal patronage he has re
ceived heretofore, he still extends to them an
GAN OLD VIRGINIA WELCOME
Feb 20-tf
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Putty.

Two hundred pounds of fresh Putty in
Dladders, with window glass of all sizes, at
Feb 21-tf DR.. WAfT y bKO.
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Brownlow has commissioned colored man
as captain of the State guards.
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Oils.

Six barrels of best retinel Coal Oil, Lin
seed OIL, Fish OIL, Machii e Oil and Spirits
Turpentine. DR.. WAlI BhO.
Feb Gift
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Kerr county, Texas, is completely over
hoped with grasshorpers.
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VALLEY VIRGINIAN.
A. NJ. CARRIER. Jr., pd;tors 8 prorriator.
j. Il. CROCkWELL. o' W.
Wednesday Morning, April 8, 1867

The sVirginian" will be mailed to subscribers q;
THREE DOLLARS. per annun.
Transient advertisements will be inserted at the
rates of dollar pr square, OF 10 lines or less, for
the first Insertion, and seventy-ive cents for each
sutsequen Insertion.
Communications, or notices ola personal or private
character or calculated to promote any private en-
tcrIrise interest," will be charged for as ADVERTISE
ments.
Yearly advertisers disseminating during the year,
will be charged at transient rates
Special Notices 20 cents per line for each Insertion.
All Communications, intended for publication in
the Vrginlan must be accompanied with response
bic nane-otherwise attention will be given them.
AS-Job Printing done at Baltimore rates. Cash on
Delivery.
Correspondents will address
NIPGINIANn
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St. Charles Hotel.
Corner of Main and 18th Streets,
RICHMOND. VA.

Board S3.UU per day.
Mr.. J. W. Booz, late of the Norvell House,
Lynchburg, Va, being connected with the
St. Charles, will be pleased to see his many
friends, as he can assure them Of 1st class ac-
commodations.
Feb 27-6m
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AMERICAN HOTEL.
CITY HOTEL.

CITY HOTEL.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. Terms $500 per day.
Attached to the Hotel there is an extensive
Stable and Wagon Yard, where ample accom-
modations can be obtained by persons arriy-
ing from the adjoining counties with private
teams or country produce
ROBERT J. RAINEY.
Dec 1877.
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A Paris letter states that real bonnets ar
soon to be in fashion.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-04-03

RennOid's Virginia ncpatic and
PurSative Pills.
Are now distributed over the State Of Vir-
ginia, and in reach of every one. These Pills
are acknowledged by all who have used them
to be superior to amy ever offered TO the peo-
pie.
Nothing is claimed for them that we do not
believe to be strictly true. For directions
and diseases for which they are recommend
ed anil are applicable, see circular and pam
phlct around box containing them.
EsA. Manufactured by
WIN. REYNOLDS, s. Co.,
Aug 15-tf Stannton. Va.
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70 Merchants,
Prescriptions.

Physicians Prescriptions accurately com
pounded at all hours OF, the day and night by
Dr. N. WAYT BRO,
Feb Gift Pharmaccutlsts.
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Ilrugs. Medicines. &c.

Drugs. McdlclneS. EXc.
have associated with me Z. S. TROUT,
uaie tn. style OF Z. II. s. L. S. TROUT. We
have increased facilities for supplying Gus
toners with
Medicines. Paints, Oils,
Dye Stutfs, Coal Oil, Lamps,
Fancy Articles, &C., Window
Glass of all sizes, Trusses,
Supporters, Surgical
Instruments, &C.,
which, we will sell very low for cash.
Physicians orders filled with the very purest
Medicines, and at city retail prices.
pea- Prescription Department receives spec
iai attention.
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The valley virginian'' having a larger Circu-
latiOn. in Staunton and vicinity, than amy paper
Circulation throughout the Valley, offers unsur.
passed inducements to advertisers.
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Garden Seed

We are just receiving Landretn's fresh crop
Garden Seed.
March l3-tf DR.. WAIT & BRO.
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MEDICAL, SURGICAL, &C.
DIR. N. Wayt Il Bro,

DIR. N. Wayt Il Bro,
- II MAIN STREET, STANTON. VA.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS. AND VARNiSlIES,
a. GLASS, PUTTY, sc.
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDI-
CAL USE. DYE WOODS AND DYE
STUFFS GENERALLY
Medicines warranted genuine, and of the best
quality Customers will find our stock
complete, comprising many articles
it is Impossible here to enumerate,
and all sold at Baltimore prices.
Feb 6-tf
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march 27-tf
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Si15lUTiGSs
1lcinstreits Inimtable Hair Colorer, Lon
don Hair Color Restorer, Mrs. Allan's Hair
Restorer. Cheyal;ers Life for The Hair, Halls
Hair Remover, Sterling's Ambrosia, Burnett's
Co.oaine. Creole Hair Gloss, Prof. Barry $
Tricopherous. Lyons kathareon.
March l3-tf Dr. WAY BRO-
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-05

~ lion. Samuel SlicIlabargcr, OF Ohio,
in u recent speech in the US. House Of
Representatives, said:
But, sir, let IN once for all, say now
perhaps the last time that shall ever speak
upon tho subject IN the American House Of
Representatives-thnt if my Government
shaIl, in any policy Of reconstruction tina,
may he adopted, abandon to their fate the
men of the South who stood by their coun.
try when their country so much needed
friends there; tho men who proved their
love of country when to prove Il meant TO
die; and who proved 1t by receiving upon
their own and their wives and childrcns
defenceless heads the storm Of huge and
merciless treason, and shall now, in the day
of tho nations triumph, cOnsign them aud
their little ones. aud the power Of their
States, to the dominion of those who inade
the rebellion, and whose almost tcndcrcst
mercies and best Loyalty the Nation, ar-
pallcd will, horror, lns just read in the fire
and blood of Memphis and New Orleans
n,assacres, and shall refuse or withhold
from these authors and arGhitccts Of our
ruin such powers rs the Southern patriots
and tho Nations safety demand to be with
held, then will indeed the day hive come
when Il shall cease to be glorious to die for
our country, and ihat country will itself be
dead.
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sIIiKspgARg on INrERMTrTENrs.
No. ].
Dr.. schenck ON Dyspepsia.


Symptoms Of Dyspepsia sense of fillness, tight.
nsss and weight In the stomach Together with natu.
lency aeidty, sour, Offensive bechng OF Wind water
calls an all gone feeling al the pit Of tbs siouaeh ne
auentiy there Is also paipitafon Of the heart. which
Stomach 10 IN this condition. il Is coaed with mucus
or slime. The rough hbrous porticns u tho stomach,
similar TO what In trpe, 10 what throws out the
81 slime on T. prevents the gastric juice rom lowing.
and digestion ceases. Schencks Seawced Tonic dls-
solves TIT. or sne and restores tho stoach 70
sehsness Wandrate Pms ar. also required 10 eary
on this morbid matter. Two-,hr,is Of the cases o.
stomach; The liver Browning Torpid ceases 10 throw
out bils and IN = shor time the whole system i de-.
synpsthires win the othsr organs. snd tsfors the pa
tient Is aware % u, he or she has bronchial or Pulno-
ssheScsS PuimcnIe Syrup cannot act frcciy through
the blood when the system IN Thu, ed-up ocodiou
without the aid Of the scawecd Tonic and Mandrake
fila The Liver h., ni The ys,on, tood to strain aud
through the system mixed and tho whole body becomes
% low and the blood thlek, hardly nun through
nom this thick condition Of the blood The Nandrsis
Pills act on the Liver similar TO eahrnei OF they 90
what that doc. 1T unccks the rall bladder ,tas the
bile and the booi begins 20 emulate naturally through
the veins, and the hemouhages cease. IT, when per.ons
are attacked with hsmorrhass, they would nr,t take
they woaI soon Be- relieved nom bleeding nom tho
temporary and lrra,e DE bronchial tubes, and y tho
every s..s. 8 Bond s,rss, New icss, Ina i.nossr
advice NEE. but fcr thorssgh examination with tho
Resplromstes the charre IL %.
%sd .m., arc fos 81, Sy u. TS and 'e.
slso per So,tis, o. $50 ne half dozen. Mandrake
r aEo "a: ao5bwfS Co, . Hanover Street, Agents
fbr Boston. For sale By al druggists.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-05

NAssr.-This gentleman, sceing thai
there was no chance for his confirmation a'
postmaster at The "Confedrit x Robes
has, by the advice Of Mr.. Johnson, written
letter to Congress, in which he ncknowl.
edges that ho was the founder of,he John
son pspy and "a original Dcmokrnt," b"'
sincerely repcnls. He adds:-
About this time WIZ nppinted postlnast'
or, and findin I needed confrmashen. my
views undergrad Radikle change. Time
and observaslen hcv taught me that insti'l
NV consiIashen, cocrshen Is our hest holt
and that now military measures arc nessary
in the South, on,il them rcbcllyus people
completely acquiesce In tho terms IMPOSED
by Congris for restora,hen. My presen!
views on this intcrestin topic Is best defined
by the recent speeches Nv II n. Charles
Sumner, tho eminent and trooly great Sem
ator from tho enlightened State Nv Mnssa-
Ghosts, and also by tho recent utteranccs
NV them lovable. Representatives, Hon.
Thadeus Stevens NV Pennsylvany, Hon. 4
Gen. Bcnj. F. Butler NV Massachusetts, and
Hon. James NJ. Ashley Nv Ohio. In all Nv
whose sentiments, SIGH as they hev now,
and also then, ez they hcv alluz he'd, M
we'll CT them witch they n,ny hereafter hev
most heartily concur.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-05

KENrUCxr MAosANIMirr.-ln a recent
speech mt Lexington, KY, Mr.. Helm, the
Democratic candidate for Governor Of thai
State, made the following remarks in re
gard to those Kcn,uckians who served ia
the Union army during The war:
"Whenevcr see u man in the Union
army, or Union man las such men have
been callcd) who Is conscientious and hon
est in believing that he IL acting In the dis
charge of his duty as citizen AMI show.
ing his allegiance to the Government. and
who has, in the exercise Of the duty l,c is
called upon to perform, recognized the
binding effect OF tho Constitution OF his
country, and respected his neighbOrs, and
pcrforined his duty as became him MS u
soldier and gentleman, can take such q
man by tho hand, and co It with all the
cordially that ] could have done before
the war, Notwithstanding am smarting
under keen sense Of heavy loss caused
by that war" -
II is certainly very kind in Mr.. Helm to
express willingness, to forgive those men
who fougb,,o preserve tho integrity Of their
country and government, hut 1t occurs to
mos, ioynl- men that those who need for
giysncss arc tho men who fought to destroy
the government, rather than those who Ia.
bored to uphold il. IL is 40 wonder tia,
those of the Kentucky Democrats who
make any pre,Cnsions to either past or pres.
ent loyalty are regulating party guided
by such q misguided Helm as THIS mar
proves himself 10 be.-Er.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-05

DEBATE ON THE IMPEACHMENT QUEs.
rioS.-Thcr6 was an exciting debate IN the
National House Of Representatives Friday
afternoon during which il came out that
Gen. Butler had appeared before the Jul
dietary Committee and conducted tho cx-
animation in reference to the pardoning Of
,ieserters by the President. Gen. Butler
stated that whte he was Chairman OF the
Board of Managers Of the National Asy.
lum for Disabled Soldiers he ascertained
that about $75, 900 that should haze been
subject to his order had by direction OF the
President been transferred to another fund.
Following up the investigation he discov-
cred that I73 dcsertcrs from the Union ar
my had been pardoncd by the President
and restored to pay and allowances,
amounting in nll 10 about $4,000, the un'
dcrstanding being that they would all vote
the johnson ticket at the election in West
Virginia last fall. The list, he alleged, was
made out by tho Democratic Congressional
nominee in The Second District Of West
Virginia, or by his order, and laid before
the President by Col. Thomas Florence, of
Washington, who received $1,000 for his
services. General Butler said his state.
mcnt had been sworn to by Brig. General
of tho army, and others say the Charges
can be substantiatcd.
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~Gcn. Joseph E. Johnson. ofthe late
Confederate army, publishes in the Selma
(Ala. Gazette letter Of five columns do.
Tending himself and S,onewall Jackson
against inputations contained IN J. Estcn
Cookies Life of the latter, and correcting
sundry errors in its report Of events at and
after the first battle of, Bull Run. tic says
that the reason why the Federal army was
not pursued after that battle by tho yictori.
Gus Confederate cavalry, was that the cav.
airy (of which they had hut small force
was driven back by tho strong rear guar!
of,he United States army, and that II would
have been utter madness 10 rush upon the
Notifications. on tho Virginia side of the
Potomac, which were strong and heavily
armed, especially, IN river a mile wide
would have still interviewed between them
and the Capital, which they had no means
of crossing. Gen. johnson says the victory
Of Bull Run saved the Confedcracy, which
was all It could reasonably have been cx.
pccted to do. Most Of the rebel troops re-
garied It Ms deciding the whole question
and ending tho war, and thousands Of them
left the army and went home. The Union
army, ho says, was less disorganiz'd hy
defeat tll,n the Confederate army was ny
It's triumph"
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facts were not put. I do not mean to say that
they Judged wrong under the light they had
The point which make and tho point which
should stand made before the country u, that
all the testimony Was pot before that trio9naL
II all the testimony had been prosenteu We
should have been able TO pursue the accom-,
plices and to find out who II was That cnAngeu
Booths purpose from capture to ASSASSINATION
who Il was that was TO profit by the assas-
sination, and that would not proht oy tue
capture OF Mr.. Lincoln who II Was thst
should succeed to Mr.. Lincoln In case the pui-
let made vacancy. In some aspects OF tue
case that diary might not have been legal les
timony, but its moral evidence would have
carried conviction to the mind OF everybody,
because Il was the dying declaration OF o man
who, assassin though no was. Was then telling
the truth between himself and God. How was
Booth, by coming back TO Washington, coinl
10 clear himself of the great crime comm'tted!
That question still remains We're the eigh-
teen pages Of Booths diary gone when II came
into the possession Of the learned judge-advo-
catef II 90, Why did no not inquire what be.
came Of them Whether Lieutenant-Colonel
Congor gave the book to somebody Whether
Il went from his hands, or whosef II u Was
he that cut out those leayesf l should NOT
have pursued this matter further except that
the gentleman, Mr.. Bingham. charged me with
having made the assertion did without an ex-
Animation of the evidence. He has chosen to
bring the matter here, not l, and desire now;
that In some form the matter shall be fuily anu
thoroughly investigated.
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NEW FOUNDATIONS.

Houss AT Hoxx, April number at Locke's
Ssco, with oil tho current mOnthlies. 1t u
published by Charles Scribner h Co.,. So
broadway, New York, at $500 year, with
reduction TO clubs.
GopErs LlpY's Book for April hs. many
and beautiful illustrations, more varied anC
useful than usual.
PErERsoS's MAGAZINE for April has severa
colored fashion and work table Illustrations
The stories are entertaining as usual.
ARruuR's Hoxs MAGAZINE for April has :,
ane steel engraving Of "The Valley Spring.
It's spring fashions comprise great variety o
dress. "Come Home. Mother" Is the title o.
the song and chorus In this number.
MADAM DExoREsr's MIRRoR or Fashions Is
received, and Is for sale by Burnham. we
have not space to detail al its excellencies 6u.
II Is tho most elegant fashion monthly tha'
comes TO our table.
THE NURSERY. monthly for little children
Just learning to read, Is . charming publica
ton for the very little folk. and worth oil thai
Ia asked for Il.
Durham has for sale valuable copies
with marginal notes, Of the new Bankrupt
Law and an appendix giving the homestead
laws in each Of the several Suites.
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For Sudden Colds, Coughs, 90.

Sudden colds and hard coughs can be cured i'm.
mediately, as hundreds can testify, by mixing
about ono tcaspoonful Of PERRY DAVIS EGE-
TABLE PAIN KILLER with four tablespoonfuls
OF molasses, mixed we'll together, and takea As
your coughing spell comes on three tsaspoonfals
OF the mixture will answer for q doss. Aso lit
le OF the Pain Killer on the hands and inhale the
scent Of II into the lungs. Amer you have taken
tho medicine, bathc the throat and around the
collar bone, also across the upper part OF the
breast and down the sides, lfthsy have been made
sore by coughing, and you will soon get relief II
you do not neglect II too long The sooner this
medicine 10 applied the moro speedy the relief
in all cases, II you do not get relief 10 thirty min
utes, take II again, and batho freely according to
directlnnS lmli
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The Banner says the snow is four feet
deep in some places near Augusta.

The Banner says the snow is four feet
deep in some places near Augusta.
Mrs. Folsom, widow Of Israel Folsom,
OF Madison, was found dead in her bed on
Thursday morning last. She was 10 years
of age. Her husband dropped dead just
two years before TO day. --
Mr.. } 8. McCuriy of Gardiner, who has
lately patented spool, has sold the English
right for $4,000 in gold, with loyalty nd-
,led. Ingenuity sometimes gets its reward.
A London letter speaking Of Artemus
war,l, says Ills library, left to him by
his uncle, he wills to the best boy in the
school of his native village, Waterfowl, Me-
His page is to DO put two years to the best
printer in America, ito learn the value Of
learning, and then sent to College"
Tho "Dcmocmtic" party arc now busily
attempting to show that Washington was
a humbug and no more deserving Of affec-
,ionate national reverence than jeff. Davis.
The New York World started the article
which is being extensively copied by tho
lesser lights. We think Mr. Wnshington's
fame will still endure Notwithstanding this
demonstration; but this point IA only an
other proof Of tho fact, that when man
or body Of men commit treason there is no
crime to which they will not come at last.
The amount Of capital invested in man.
ufacturing enterprises in Rhode Island Is
about $4,000 600, which yields an annu.
al produc, Of. slO3,OoO,OOO. Every sec.
ond of time in tho working year turns out
nearly ten yards Of cotton cloth, nine ynrls
of calico, one yard of wooden cloth, one
dozen of shoe and corset lucings, one yard
Of wors,ed braid and spool of thread n
horse shoe Is made every four seconds. and
a gross Of screws in about the same time.
The Washington Star says that leading
Staie Senator Of Virginia, who opposed the
action of the State Senate in~ lgislu,ing for
a,Convcntion under the Military Recon-
str,ic,on Bill, Is about, it is admitted, to nd.
vocate compromise Of the white voters
of that State with the colorcd voters. That
is, to give the colorel men the entire Con-
grcssonal delegation if the white men arc
allowed to control tho State Government.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-05

V"A republican paper meditntes -
"'The president removed, the Southern
States reduced to territories, the southern
whites held in bondage, with Brownlow
and Butler and Phillips running the ma
chin-,' what would fve-twentics be worth
then: "-Poa. ,
A confederate paper medtates -"Thc
President triumphant, tho Southern States
with majority in Congress, tho southern
blacks hS,d in bondage, with Stephens and
Brooks and vallandigham running the ma.
chine what would five.twenties DO worth
them" Let us leave these two dream,rrS
undisturbed. They do not belong to wide
awake world ?-Bosion advertiser.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-05
STATE OF MAINE.
York So.
SIR. Jup. CORN, Jan. I
Tarn A III lR6r 4

syIyanus A. DenIo, Charles Roberts. James iIi
Roberto and Jeremiah z. simpson, all OF Boston:
in the county 81 Bsholh, and Commonueslth 81
NassachusetE, smiths ssd mac INSISTS. col rtner.
nd doing business ut SAID Boston under the hrm
nams and style OF DEMO, Roberts Company. -.
James Is. Atwood, cOmmorant ~ South Berwick.
In said county offork, maehisast, 81 trustee.
A Nd now on Suggestion ~ the court That
n James ID. Atwood, the principal defendant,
ut the time ot the service 0f the writ, Was NOT
nm inhabitant Of this State. and hal No tenant.
agent OF attorney within the same; that his
goods OF estate have bctn attached In this nc.
ton, and that he has had No notice Vt said
suit and attachment:
is Orferef, That notice Of the pendency
of this suit be given 10 the said defendants ny
publishing On sftestcd copy OF this order. to-
cetber with an abstract OF the plaintiff = writ,
three weeks successfully In the Union and Jour
nal, a newspaper printed at Biidsfori, in said
County of York. the last publication thereof To
be MOI lees than thirty days before the neat
term Of said court, to 10 holden ut Alfred, In
and for said county, on the fourth Tuesday
Of May, A. d. 1877. that said defendant nay
then and there appear aud answer TO said suit.
II he shall zee cause.
Attstr e. d. LORD. CLERK.