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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25
Pacific Guano Company's
SOLUBLE
PACIFIC GUANO.


BALTIMORE, ND.
JOHN S. REESE & co.
General agents for The Company.
TINHE very extended use Of this guano through
out the country renders il unnecessary for US
to say more this season, than that its composition
and quality are precisely the same as that hereto
fore sold by Us for the Company.
We have sold this Guano from the beginning I'M
der regular sy stem Of rigid inspection, at an eN-
pense to the Company Of many hundreds OF dollars
annually This is done for the protection alike OF
the consumer and Company, as it is manifest TO all
who understand the trade in fertilizers, that il can
not be safely conducted ON any other principle. -
The importance and extent of the trade demands
this protection.
We are prepared to exhibit DR.. A. Snowden
Piggot's certificate Of inspection for every cargo
sold Consumers must observe the name Of JoHN
s. REESE 4 Co. branded on the bags, none other
genuine.
HANSON & DUKE Agents at Charlestown.
July Is, lSGT-3m.
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TO CONSERVATIVES.
Errors OF Youth.

A Gentleman who suffered for years from Nsr.
vous Debility, Premature Decay and all the o.
fleets OF youthful indscretion, WILL for the sake Of
suffering humanity, send free to all who need II
the recipe and directions for making the simple re
medy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing
to profit by the advertisers experience, can do so
By addressing, in perfect confidence.
JOHN b. OGDEN, - Cedar St., New York
Nav @ lSG7-ly
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25

PERsoYAL-preSident Garrett and family
passed through Stanton, to the White Sulphur
Springs last Thursday, in the splendid Presi-
dents car Of the i. y O. K. Il. Nr. Garrett
expects torcmain In the mountains some weeks.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25
John w. Kennedy

SlIICIrOR ~ BANKRrpTCY.
HANING been admitted 10 practice in the Uni
4 4 ted States District Court for the Western
District Of Virginia will give hisimmcdiate atten-
ton to all cases in bankruptcy committed to his
care.
viii attend all the sessions Of the Court in this
Stat.
July 25.h lss7-E
Spirh and NarinsJ,rg Ira Copy
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25
THE CHARLRsToWN ACADEMY

TIVE next Session will commence on the first
day Of June.
The course Of study embraces every thing neccs-
sary to prepare boys or young men for College or
Business.
ERMS.-From s3Il to s. per month, accord
ing 70 studies p1rsucd. Payment will be expected
at least Monthly in odrdHce
Boys from distance can obtain boarding in the
family Of Mr.. W. y. CRNGHIu.
For further particulars send for Circular or ap-
ply to
Rev. C. Y. Campbell.
July p, lsG7-ft Principal.
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VIM. II. Trur-crs,
ATTORNEY n I'm

Cdarlestoru, jefferson Comfy, ITrg'nia,
WILL practice in the District Courts Of the
w United States for the District of West Nir-
gnia. Particular attention paid 70 cases in Bank
ruptcv.
lulN .. 1877
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INSTRUMENTATION

TINllE next Session Of my School Tor Young Ia
dies will commence on NESDA y. llh
DAY NJ SEP TENDER. 1861, and close the lat
THURSDA Yin JUNE, 1868.
Being provided with competent A'sj.tants. every
advantage for q thorough course IN Engish, NJ
sic and the Languages viii be Afforded, The course
of study embraces Latin.
Particular attention will he paid n Music, and
Pupils viii be reQuifed 10 play At the Musical
S0irees which viii be given once in two mOnthr,
when the friends Of the Pupils can have an oppor
tunity TO- judge ofthcir progress.
English Department--MRs. FORREST.
Mathematics & Languages-MTss lgEsE
LEAcHE.
Music-MRs. RICHARDSON.
Board. and Tuition in English and Latin per ses-
sion, $500
For further particulars apply IN
MRS. a. NJ. FORREST,
Charlestown, Jefferson County.
July 4, 1867.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25
Baltimore Markets.

Baltimore Markets.
JUAY %. New Whcat-whi,e, 225-245
Red, 22O-25O; Family Flour, $14OO-
1925; High Grades Extra, Sl2.5O-lS.25
Corn-white, 100; Yellow, lib
Goll. 40.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25

TIE ADJoUGSME5IT.-Co Congress adjourned
on Saturday to meet again on the 2lst Noyem-
Der, and the whole country bTeathes moro free
ly. Such pestilent set of dcmagogues never
before filed the walls of the Capitol.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25
VALUABLE LAND
At Public Sale.
RY authority of decree Of the Circuit Court
Ne Of Jefferson County granted at its 0cto-
Der term, 1860, | shall offer at Public sale on
SATURDAY AUGUST Il, 1867,
AT Two O'clock NJ

SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1867,
At Two O'clock, ?. NJ,
Before the Post Office in Smithfeld, in thi:
County, tract Of Land containing about
LOG Acres,
A fair proportion of it in Timber, lying within
one mile of said town, and on the BerryvillC
road belonging to the heirs of Rebeccs Wig
ginton, and to be sold for the purpose of pay
ing the said heirs proportion Of the debts Of
the late firm of Lewis Fry & Co., not barred
by Limitation. The land is part Limestone
and balance Slate. The slate is the best quail
ity Of the kind The Limestone is not surpass-
ed in the neighborhood for fertility.
If the proceeds Of the sale Of the above LOG
Acres be insufficient to pay the sum Of money
stated in the Decree, shall proceed to sell at
much Of another
Tract OF land
near by the above as will be enough to pay the
balance.
TERMS:
One third Of the purchase money to be Cash
and the residue in two payments Of twelve and
eighteen months, bearing interest from the day
Of sale, with a lien on the premises to secure
the deferred payments.
Possession given Immediately on compliance
with the terms of sale Mr. Vance Bell, resi-
ding near the land will show it to any person
calling on him between this and the day Of sale
W. o. MACOUGHTRY,
Special Commissioner.
Smithfeid, Jefferson County, w. Va.
July 25. 1SG7-tdS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25

W. Beale Willis,
WITH
Morgan, Hopkins &c co.
Commission Merchants,
Foa THE SALE OF
FLOUR, GRAIN & PRODUCE
Depot, leI North Howard Street, Near Franklin,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Liberal Adrances Made on COnSignmeHts.
Capacity of Depot, 10000 Barrels.
Nza- Cars over any of the Rail Roads can be run
into our Depot.
REFER TO
DAy1EL B. BASKs Esq, Prest I'm. Man. Co. OF Nd.
John HURST, Esq, Pres't Nat. Exchange Bank.
CHAUNcY BRooks, Esq, Pres't Western Nat. Bank,
WM. WHIrELocK, Esq, Prest Ihlru Nat DanA oi
Baltimore, Nd.
GES. ]. S. BERRY, AdTt Gen. State of Maryland.
A CARD.
HAVING associated myself with the above gen.
tlemen, / most cordially recommend them Ia
the Farmers and Millers of the Valley. BY the
strictest attention to business and the most care
full consideration of the interests Of all cOnsgners,
they hope TO secure liberal share ofconsignments,
and to earn the confidence of the Valley people.
WIN. BEALE WILLIS.
July %, lsG7-2m.
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WAsHrXGToN, D. c., July 10, 1867.
Looks Like Work.

At last matters have taken positive turn
in connection with the railway extension from
Winchester to StrasbuFg, says the Winchester
Times, and the indications point to q speedy
construction of this important link \ por-
ton of the engineer corps Of The Baltimore and
0. r. r, Ito be under charge of Capt. Richard
Randolph,) have arrived in Winchester, and
under instructions from John W. Garrett, Esq,
the indcfatigable President of that Company
will at once enter upon a survey of the route
for the location Of the Winchester and Stras-
burg extcntion. The terms upon which the
B. & O. K. r., aud Winchester and Potomac
railroad have agreed If positive agreement
has been arrived at for the future conduct of
railroad operations in this section, have not been
made public but that the intelligent gentlemen
representing the stockholding interest Of the
w. g p. R. R. have succeeded in inducing the
cooperation Of the 3. & 0. r. r., is evidenced
by the decisive indications noted above. The
great importance Ct this link, thus connecting
with the great road which will ere long be
made to Salem, IA Roanoke County, has been
too frequently alluded to, to require further
mention That it will greatly increase the
value Of lands along the line, thus adding to
the aggregate wealth, is made apparent by fig
ures heretofore published in regard to ike en-
tcrprises in various sections Of the country.
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FOR SALE.

Il 0ST, on riday last. pair Of Silver-framed
IL SPECTACLES. The finder viii please leave
thsm ~ Fres I-sssoScs
j1'- -5.. HE GALL.FLF
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4. II. II. RASsOY. ). m. DUKi
RANSOM - DUKE,

ITAyE in Store and ior Sale
Geiser's Pat. Threshing Machine,
McCORAlICk'S HEAPER AND MOWER.
If-Operating Hay e. Grain Horse
Rakes,
CORN CUEFIVATORS,
GRAIN CRADLES Good Article at So
EXTRA HEAVY SSATHEs,
English and american Grain Scytles
EScLIsH AND AMERICAS GRAss ScfrHEs,
Whet Stones and Rifles,
20 Dozen HARVEST RAKES, (best in market,
CISTERN PUMPS, (ALL KisUs,l
Hydraulic Cement,
HAND GARDEN PLOWS,
Horse Forks for Unloading Hay.
CHURNS or ALL KINDS,
4 full Stock Of Extras for Mccormick and Pages
RcapoFs,
HORSE SHOES AND HORSE SHOE NAILS.
TRACE, BREAST, HALTER &c OTHER CHMSs,
BAKERS WHEAT FAN, (whrrsnted.)
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Andrcyy IEmntCI..

Solicitor in Matters of Bankruptcy,
HAVING specially prepared for the business
/ 4 and not being excluded from the United
States Courts; will prosecute, diligently, all ap-
plicatious for the benefit Of the late bankrupt law,
committed o. him.
Nc. lie will regularly attend the Federal Court
at Clarksburg, and elsewhere as the cases may re
quire.
Charlcstovn, july p. ISGT-tE
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-07-25

VXTETAKE GENUINE 50 cent Notes with La
w dies heads on also 50 and Is cent Short
Notes; in exchange for goods.
June6. TRUSSELL co.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30
DIR. SChenck's Mandrake Pills
A Substitute For CaIOmei.

These Pills are composed of various roots
having powers to relax the secretions Of the liv-
er. as promptly and as efectually as blue pill oil
mercury. and without producing any of tbost
disagreeable or dangerous effects which otter
follow the use Of the latter.
In all bilious disorders these Pills ma bt
used with confidence, as they promote the dis
charge of all vitiated bile, and remove those
distractions from the liver aud hillary duets
which are the cause OF bilious affections in gen
eral.
SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS cure Sick
Headache. and all disorders of the Liver. indi-
Gated by a sailow skin. coated tongue. costiTe-
ness. drowsiness and general feeling of wea-
riness and lassitude. showing the liver ia in q
torpid or distracted condition.
In short. these Pills may be used with advan-
tsge in all cases when a purgative or alternative
medicine is required.
Please ask for for Dr. Schenck's Mandrake
Pills." and observe that the two likenesses of
the Doctor are on the Government stamp-one
when in the last stage of Consumption. and the
other in his present health.
Sold by all druggists and dealers. Price 25
cents per box. Principal Office. No. Is North
9Th Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
General Wholesale Agents; Demas Barnes &
Co.. q Park Row. New York; S. S. Hance. los
n. E. Corner of Fourth and Walnut St., Cincin-
matt, Ohio; Walker & Taylor. 1S4 and l35 Wa
bash Avenue, Chicago. ILL.,; Collins Brothers,
southwest corner of Second and Vine Sts., St.
Louis, Mo. l4th & 9TH W, ca. mo. Ut.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30
The Little Cup of Tears.

The following beautiful German leg
end is told in "Thorps Yule-tide sto-
ries :"
Il relates that mother who had lost
darling little daughter sorrowed day
and night for her as one without hope,
and that for three days and three
nights she neither ate or drank any
thing, but Wept in the bitterness of her
soul. The third night as she thus sat
overcome with her suferings, IN tie
place where her child had died, her
eyes bathed in tears and fainting from
grief, the door softly opened, and the
mother started, for before her stood her
departed child, 1t had become heaV-
emily angel, and smiled sweetly as inno-
cence, and was beautiful like the bless
ed. 1t had in its hand q cup that was
running over, so full it was. ''0hl dear
est mother, weep no more for me; the
angel of mourning has collected in ti1is
little cup the tears which you have
shed for me. If for me you shed one
tear more it will overflow, shall have
no more rest in the grave, and no JOY
in heaven.-Therefore, o dearest
mother! weep no more for your child
for it is well and happy, and angels
are its companions" 1t then vanish
ed. The mother shed no more tears,
that she might not disturb her child's
joy in heaven.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30
The Lawrence Railroad.

The last rail connecting tia Lawrence
Railroad with the Cleveland & Mahoning
road, near the Powers bridge, was laid on
Saturday forenoon. About noon a train
from the Lawrence road, well filed with
passengers, arrived at the youngstown
station. The train consisting Of an engine,
marked P. Ft. W. & G. R. R.. 81, a tend
or and bOx-ear marked P. Fl. W. & @.
r. r., 937, being the first engine and car
of that road ever seen in Youngstown
The passengers were mostly men engaged
in constructing the road, with some eiti-
zens Of Lowell and persons residing along
the road. The connection Is now made
and regular trains will hereafter be run
from this point to Pittsburgh, connecting
with A. s. G. W. R. R., trains of the @.
& N. R. r. That this road, or a road
from the termination of the G. s. NJ. road
to Pittsburgh or roads leading thither-
ward, was not built long ago, has been q
wonder to many, although perhaps suth
cient reasons existed. But better late
than never. 1t is now built and in run
ming order, and our citizens will soon ex-
perience Its benefit. Many thanks are due
to the gentlemen who projected it and
who, amid such encouragement and pecu-
mary difficulty, have pushed it steadily on
to its completion.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30
Ohio legislature

In the Senate, the bill allowing courts
to allow Sheriffs 5000 per year for ser
vices in criminal cases where the State
fails, and defendants are insolvent,
has passed.
The Judiciary committee have re-
ported bill for revising and codifying
the finance, revenue, penal, probate
and administration laws, as instructed
by the Senate.
The partial appropriation bill has
passed, and is law.
The House passed resolution au-
thorizing the Treasurer to sell the sill
yer coin in the Treasury.
Resolutions offered and laid over for
discussion-to extend suffrage to all
loyal citizens-and in favor of redu-
cling the tax on whisky to 81 per gallon.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30
Arrest of Page.

Page, who committed the fiendish
double murder at Valparaiso, Ind, last
week, WAS arrested two or three days
afterward at Chicago. He was removed
to Valparaiso, and arrived there at
night, but as soon as it became known
among the citizens that he was there,
they began to gather in groups to dis.
cuss the question of how to dispose OF
him, and the excitement was so great
that it was found necessary to remove
him to Laporte, % miles distant. AT.
ter his arrest, he begged not to be ta-
ken to Valparaiso, saying that the peo-
pie would kill him. He attempted to
deny his crime, till be found that Miss
Ludolph, the young woman whom he
attempted to kill, was still alive
When he learned that, he hung his
head, and said nothing. Miss Ludolph
is now able to walk about the ROOM
1t seems as if her life was saved by a
special Providence. to convict ne muir
derer.-C0L. Morning Journal
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30

The GREAT PEDESTRIAN OF TIE AGE.-
We, says the Alta Californian Of recent
date, have received a call from G. F.
Sch@fer, The famous German traveller,
who is making a tour of the world, so
far as practicable, on foot, and Is now
in this city en- route for Mexico, Central
America, South America, as far down
as Chill, and ultimately China, Japan,
and the countries of the East generally,
He has already travelled on foot over a
large part of Europe, Africa, and East
ern Asia, and during the nineteen
months he has been in America, has
crossed the continent on foot, and Wis
tied twenty-three States and territories.
Mr.. Schaefer, who is deformed from an
injury to the spine received IN early
youth, and is not over four feet eight
Inches in height, has travelled already
seventy five thousand miles, of v q
forty five thousand were accomplished
on foot. He is often indebted to the
generosity of the proprietors Of public
conveyance for ride by stage, railroad,
or steamboat, and, having no funds OF
his own, depends on the public for
such small pecuniary assistance as he
may need from time to time. When
he completes the tour of the world, he
will return to Germany and publish the
result of his observations in all coun-
tries. He has collected, during his
an immense number of
autographs of notable men, seals of diff
ferent societies, etc., which will be OF
rare interest hereafter.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30
The Fourth of March.

The question has often been asked why
this particular day was selected as the be-
ginning of each Presidential term and the
closing of every Congress. 1t seems to
have been the result of accident, and not,
as has sometimes been stated, because it so
rarely falls on Sunday. The old Consti-
tutional Congress, when the ratification of
the new Constitution by the necessary
number of States had been ascertained,
passed resolution September IA, 1888,
appointing the first Wednesday of the next
January fo- the choice of the Presidential
electors, the first Wednesday of February
for the election of President and Vice
President, and the first Wednesday Of
March as the time for the organization of
the new government. The latter, in the
year 1879, happened to be the fourth day
of the month, and as the administration
which began on that day was limited to
four years by the Constitution, the mex
and all succeeding administrations have
begun on this day of the month.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30
An Arsenic Eater.

A somewhat imaginative story wa:
in circulation a few years ago, about
the common use of arsenic among the
peasant women of Hungary for the pur.
pose of making themselves plump and
clear complexioned. No doubt most
persons who swallowed this arsenic sto.
ry at all, did so cum .gran0 sails, think
ing that a little poetic license was
to be looked for in account of that
romantic land. But DR.. La. Rue, a
medical professor of Quebec, has found
an Englishman who takes the poison
and thrives on it. This arsenic eater,
as he told the doctor, was of con-
sumptive family, and finding himself
attacked some ten years ago with
manifest symptoms of the disease, he
CHANGED to see somewhere a recon-
mendation of arsenic as a remedy
Being ready to try the experiment for
restoration, however desperate, he be-
gan taking arsenic, though in his igno-
rance much more literally than any
physician would ever dare to admins
ter it; using two ounces in six or eight
weeks. As though poisons, like saw
aye OtdSkss hdu lI6dho VI HIS
medicine, which by all laws of science
enough to have killed him, wrought a
thorough cure, and he had continued
the use of it as a remedy for colds and
disorders up to the time when DR.. La.
Rue talked to him, in the spring of the
last year. The doctor was, natural
enough, somewhat incredulous, and
desired to see for himself. According
ly, the Englishman swallowed in his
presence four grains of arenic (strictly
arsenious acid, uncombined arsenic be-
ing a substance of rare occurrence, ad
ministered by the doctor himself from
his own laboratory. The patient offer
ed to take six grains. but the doctor
would not give it to him, two or three
being considered by physicians certain
death. He put one grain, however, in
the pipe he was smoking. After wait
ing two hours for symptoms of poison
ing, DIR. La. Rue dismissed the man,
having made him promise to come
again in the evening. The arsenic eat
er was Is good as his word, and pro-
fessed himself ready for repetition of
the dose; but the thought occurred to
the professor, What if he should die
after all And then the coroner's jury |
with their verdict of malpractice, and |
the startling story in the newspapers
all over the continent of the physician
who murdered man to test the effect
of poison. So he postponed further
till the next morning, and
indeed does not tell US whether he ad-
any more poison. Certain
ly enough has been done already to
show that this man was on much bet
ter terms with arsenic than the rest of
as could hope to be. The arsenic eater
informed DR.. La Rue that he always
took the poison dry and avoided drink.
ing water for little time thereafter.
He had no scruples however, about
taking wine or beer Immediately. His.
'avorite way of taking arsenic is with
MS tobacco, which he smokes incessant
y. His general health is good, and he
5 especially free from any of the bad
effects usually aseribed to Arsenic
The drug appears to have no effect on
lis complexion. DR.. La Rue's &C
count Of the case appears in the Bos-
on Medical and Surgical Journal
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30

A CHICAGO SPECIAL to the Cincinatti
Commercial describes the following
terrible tragedy: A terrible tragedy
Valparaiso, Indiana, last night. A
young man named Chauncey Page had
difficulty with his wife, whom he
left about year ago, and in the mean
she had applied for divorce. He Wis
tied her Yesterday, and found that she,
with her mother and hired girl,
would be alone that night. He went
to Valparaiso, but returned about 10
o'clock, desiring admittance. Being
asked who was there, he said page"
His wife replied that it was too late to
receive company. He then dashed
down the door, and as Mrs.
Long, his wife's mother, was coming
toward him to open the door, he fired
at her with revolver, when she fell
pleading for her life. He then passed
to another room, where his wife and
girl were. His wife having sprung out
of the bed, he caught her by the arm.
and pointing the revolver at her head,
shot her dead. The girl being cover
ed closely, he did not at first observe
her; but, seeing her feet uncovered. he
dragged her from the bed, shooting
her four different times, none of the
shots however proving fatal. He then
pounded her head with a wooden chair
until he supposed her dead, and then
set fire to the house. The girl, how
ever, recovered sufficiently to get out
of the house before the fire reached
her. The house was burned to the
ground. Mrs. Longs body was nearly
all consumed, while shapeless trunk
is all that remains of the wife. The
girl is horribly mangled, but may re-
cover. No clue to the whereabouts of
the murderer has been sscertained as
yet.