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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-10-21
The Work Goes Rrayely On.

We learn that the road bed Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad will be ready for the
rails between Covington and she White Sui
phur Springs by the LIST Of May next. The
contractors are pushing ahead with indefatiga-
bio energy, and are constantly increasing their
force. There will be no interruption on ao-
count Of winter
The staff of engineers has been strength
ened by the appointment of Colonel T. NJ. r.
TALooTT, of Halifax, to the position of enei-
neer for the western division Of the line.
Coloneni TALcoTT was assistant to his father,
the distinguished engineer of the Danville
railroad, and subsequently ofthe great Next
can railroad, the construction Of which was
ed. Colonel TALcoTT was also chief of engi-
ncers Of General LEES army. His accom-
plishments and practical knowledge make him
a valuable acquisition to the improvement.
Chief Engineer WH1TcoMB has done we'll to
secure his services. Colonel TALcorr pro-
ceeds at once to examine the western division
and report upon it.
Everything is going well under the general
direction of Engineer WHITcoMB. With his
other valuable assistants, the veteran KUPER
and the efficient Mr.. SHANAHAN. the very
best that engineering can achieve will be done
for the important improvement
Every lick that is struck upon the Chesa-
peake and Ohio brightens its prospects and
the hopes Of its friends. So great line must
continue to be magnlfed in consequence as
the length Gifts road importation is increased
When it strikes the waters of the Ohio it will
be looked upon as having cleared the chief
barriers which stood in its way. and new
impulse will be given to its prosecution. It
will take new hold on the public confidence,
and capitalists, weighing the grandeur of its
termini, and their cafacity to concentrate
freight upon it, as we'll as the simple value of
its large property, will regard it as the most
promising Of roads, and its bonds as amongst
the best securities in the Union 1t is, indeed,
a great national highway, whose advantages
will be as great in political as in CONNER
cial sense. Richmond Dispatch.
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Valley Railroads.

On the subject of Valley Railroads, the
Baltimore Sun, Of Saturday week has the
following article:
The papers in Alexandria and the Valley
of Virginia announce with much satisfaction
the progress Of the Manassas branch of the
Orange, Alexandria aud Manassas Railroad.
This railroad was, before the war, an indie
pendent railroad extending from its since fa-
nous Manassas junction with the Orange and
Alexandra railroad, to Strasburg, Shenando-
all county, county adjoining Frederick
county, in which, at Winchester, the railroad
from Harper's Ferry, (worked by and in con-
nection with the Baltimore and Ohio road)
terminates, short extension Of which would
unite it with the Manassas Since then, the
road has become branch Of the Orange and
Alexandria railroad, a road which unites Al.
exandria and Lynchburg and connects with
the Virginia & Tennessee road, and through
il with the whole network of Southwestern
railroads. The Manassas branch Of the Or
ange and Alexandria railroad pursues course
somewhat northwesterly from Manassas
junction, crossing the Blue Ridge at Manas
sas Gap, and traversing Warren county, and
portion of Shenandoah, it makes a turn
almost at right angles near Strasburg, and
thence. proceeds southwesterly almost thro'
the centre Of the famous Virginia Valley
The cars on this road are now running to Mt.
jackson, in Shenandoah county, and the road
is expected to reach Harrisonburg, the coun-
ty seat of Rockingham county, by the LIST Of
December. This place is twenty-five miles
northeast. Of the Aourishing town of Staun-
ton, the county seat Of Augusta The valley
region penetrated by this improvement is one
of the most fertile in this country. The farm
ing in it has always been economical and ju-
dicious. 1t was largely settled at an early
period of our history by Germans from Penn
sylyania, and by Scotch Irish, both iudustri-
GUS and thrifty races. The opening Of the
road to Harrisonburg is to be appropriately
celebrated by the people Of that place, who
have also extended an invitation to the citi-
zens Of Alexandria to participate in the
festivities of the day. The Alexandria Ga
xette anticipates great commercial advantages
from throwing the bulk of the trade of SO
fertile and favored region into the shipping
port of Alexandria. city which has naturally
very fine harbor, the river opposite the
town being nearly mile in breadth, with a
good depth in the ship channel, which washes
the shore. The opening Of this road, how
ever-as must be the case with all other roads
into the Virginia Valley-cannot but be Of
more or less benefit to Baltimore Besides
the road from Harper's Ferry, by which
further connection is 10 be secured down the
Valley, Alexandria itself has that direct rail
road connection with our city which will give
the benefit OF this market to the people on
the new line of the road soon to be opened.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

Having been fourteen months Resident Physi-
clan Of the Wills Hospital for diseases OF the Eye,
in the city of Philadelphia, the oldert ana mos!
celebrated Institution of the kind in the United
States, he fat.ers himself he will be able to give
entire satisfaction to all who may consult him.
He has had ten years experience in the treat
ment of Diseases of the Eye, since leaving the
Wills Hospital, and knows, from actual expert
ence that he can Treat Successfully all Diseases
of the Eye that arc Durable, and nearly all are,
whether requiring
The public are aware that Physicians general
ly pay but little attention to diseases Of the Eye
having never had the opportunity or time to ac-
quire thorough theoretical and practical knowl-
edge of this class of diseases, and consequently,
they cannot be expected to treat them as satisfac
torily as one who has had both.
am we'll aware of the objections in the p0pu-
lar mind to advertising, because this has been
heretofore practiced by foreigners and pretend
ers in Science, whose only object has been to de-
,ceive and humbug-but, as native Of this coun-
ty, we'll known to most of the citizens, with am
pie opportunities and facilities for acquiring
knowledge Of ..
and enlarged experience in treating Eye Diseases
PRACTICALLY, / think can demonstrates my fitness
for this speciality to all who may extend to me
their patronage. Persons afflicted with
DISEASES OF THE EYE,
of long standing and who have been subjected to
various modes. of treatment WITHOUT RELIEF,
should not be discouraged, as it often happens
that those cases having been sadly neglected or
badly treated are
MOST READILY AND RAPIDLY CURED,
although it must be admitted, a general rule,
the longer the duration of diseased condition,
the longer the time required for its eradication.
It is needless to speak of the value of sight
those only can properly estimate lis advantages
who are unfortunately deprived Of it.
REMEMBER, there are some in every communi-
ty, and many in the Blind Institution Of this
place, who have been either partially or totally
deprived of their sight on account of delayed
or unskillful treatment .s-.,
ma Artificial Eyes furnished and Inserted on
reasonable terms.
n6e Patients from distance should come pre-
pared to remain at least while, if it is consider
ed necessary in order to treat their eases success
fully.
nay OFFICE on Main St., over LIST National
Bank jan 22-ly
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FOR SALE,
: fhe Beauties Of Radicalism.

As will be seen in this issue, the wife of
a poor mechanic in the city Of Richmond a
short time ago died Of starvation. 1t is sad
thing to have ahuman being die from want
in christian community, but we have no
doubt that ere the close Of this winter there
will be many poor mortal carried to his last
resting place for the want of bread, It can
not be otherwise SO long as the Radical party
have the control of the Government It was
as much as the poor man could do to maintain
his family when the negroes were compelled
to work and their masters had to pay tax on
them, but the poor man now is taxed to per-
pctuate the most abomnible nuisance that ever
existed in this or any country-the. Freed
mems Bureau-while the negro pays very
little, if any tax. We do not wonder at
poor white people starving, nor will we SO
long as the bread is taken out of their mouths
and put in those of the negro, and bond hold
er. There will, there must be a change in
some way. For while our suferiugs are al
most unbearablc, those Of the people Of North
and South Carolina are thousand times
worse; depredations of the most appalling
character are perpetrated upon the persons Of
both sex, old and young. Can this state of
affairs be continued for any length of time ?
We think not, for while the brave men of
those States, if permitted, will be good, law
abiding citizens, they are not going to submit
to treatment of this kind, as peacefully as
the ..'trooly loil" would have them to-.
We should not be respondent because of
the partial success of Radicalism in the
States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Nebraska, but work harder for the success of
the Democratic party. Should our people
give up all hope Of clecting the Democratic
nominees, and do nothing towards aiding
them, they will not only act in accordance
with the wishes of the Republicans but will
turn a deaf ear to the cries Of the women and
children who were committed to their care by
those heroic, self sacrificing men who yielded
up their lives on Southern battle fields.
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HOME INSURANCE CoMPANIEs.-Mr.
Editor: The subject Of Life Insurance is at
present occupying the minds of our citizens
to considerable extent, which shows their
prudence and foresight as to the best and
most reliable plan Of providing for their Fam
lies. Life Insurance almost seems special
provision for our Southern people in their
present depressed condition. But caution
should be used in placing their risks. Thous-
ands Of Policies were forfeited by the impos-
sbility of paying, during the late war, be-
cause the agents were cut off from the Home
Offices in New York, Southern and Northern
Cities Let them look into the matter and
place their risks in Home Virginia Compa-
MES. One WHO LOST HIS POLICY.
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:
PRACTICAL Philanthropy The Cath
Ole Synod has promulgated the decree of the
Plcnary Council at Baltimore, urging the
Immediate establishment of schools for color
ed children in the Southern States and also
Of asylums for orphan colored children This
is praiseworthy step in the path of practi-
cal philanthropy. The number of orphan
colored children has fearfully increased during
the great social revolution which is still in
progress in the South, and it strongly appeals
To- the proyerbial charity Of the Catholic
Church, Catholic to ,chers. moreover, pos
sess exceptional qualifications for the train
ing Of children of every Glass; and those who
will be designated to teach the Southern col
ored children will oe far more likely to edu-
cate and instruct them in such way as to
1T them for happily fulfilling the duties of
the station in life which Providence has plac-
ed them, than the Yankee schoolmistresses,
whose only experience in teaching has been
confined 70 the schools of New England
Dinah will be raug ht to cook and sew, aud
Sambo to hoe and plough, as we'll as to recite,
parrotlike, the alphabet and multiplication
table. Both Dinah and Sambo will learn
that they have duties no less important than
thu N wy acnurad rivhts
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IMPORTANT DECISION CONCERNING MAT
RIMoNY.-An important decision was rem
dered in the Circuit Court at Chicago on
Friday, to the effect that two persons cohabit-
ing as man and wife, after an agreement to
marry, and the martial relation being recog-
nized in which they move, is a common law
marriage, even if no matrimonial service, ac-
cording to law, is performed, and is bound to
be respected by the courts, under which the
woman can claim dover, but cannot recover
for services as housckceper.
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IMPORTANT ORDER RELATIvET TO Hunt
ING AND FIsHJNG.-General Stoneman COM
handing this District, has lately issued the
following important order, which civil and
military officials are directed to enforce:
HEADQ'Rs 1sT MILITARY DISTRICT,
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
Richmond, Va, October 8, 1868.
] 1t having been reported to these head
quarters that numerous cases have occurred,
and are daily occurring, Of violation of State
laws regulating hunting, the attention of all
concerned is called to the provisions of section
l to 6 inclusive Of chapter 101, Code of Vir-
ginia, and an act amendatory Of 4th section
thereof, entitled can act to prevent and pun
ish unlawful hunting" passed February Goth,
1868, which provides that ''if any person shall
hunt, shoot or range, with or without dogs, on
the lands of another, without the consent Of
the owner or tenant Of such lands, or shoot
along any public road, or in the streets of any
town or village in any of the counties of this
Commonwealth, or shall fish or fowl on the
lands or in the water courses comprehended
in the survey Of any proprietor, he shall be
deemed guilty Of trespass" &c. These laws,
just and necessary at all times, are peculiarly
SO in the present impoverished condition Of
the State, when agricultural interests will suf-
fer by the destruction Of crops in fields which
are hunted and ranged over by idle and ire
sponsible parties. In view of these facts, all
officers, civil and military, in this district. are
enjoined to take such measures as will ensure
the faithful observance Of these laws, and pre-
ve3t in future all illegal hunting, ranging,
fowling and fishing within the limits Of their
respective jurisdiction and secure the prompt
arrest and punishment Of all offenders.
2. This order will remain in force until the
first day of October next, or until the laws
above cited shall be repealed by competent
authority.
3. All civil magistrates and military COM.
missioners will take measures to have this or
der disseminated and made known to the pub
lie. ft
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Damron, p. q.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF SMALL FARM

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF SMALL FARM
~ ON SOUTH RIVER.-In pursuance Of a
decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta, rendered
at the June Term 1868, in Chancery suit pend
ing in said Court in the name of Hugh G. McCaus-
land, vs.. John NJ Hanger. will, as commissioner
under said Decree offer for sale, at public auction
on Saturday, the 3lst day of October, 1868, on
the premises two small tracts or parsels of land,
situated on South River, adjoining the lands of
Jacob Grove, Jacob Shanen ST., and others and
containing 514 acres, the land is of good quality
and has on it comfortable dwelling and all ne
cessary out buildings.
TERMS OF SALE.-Costs of suit and sale in
hand, and the residence on q credit Of six fifteen
and twenty -four months, with interest from the
day of sale, to be secured by bonds with good per-
sonal secuity and title retaineda ultimate secur
ity
ALEX H. H. STUART
sent 30-4t Commissioner.
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A SAD CASE INDEED-A Woman D.

A SAD CASE INDEED Woman Dies
from Wont.-The following we extract from
the Richmond Enquirer and Examiner:
'sThe general public have not the slightest
conception of the extent of misery at this
time prevailing among the laboring classes of
our population, and it is seldom we are called
upon to chronicle the death of any human
being, in this christian community, from want.
The fact is too true, however. Nothing can
SO appal the heart as the idea of death from
want. That such an event should occur in
any place is very distressing, but that it
should take place in our midst, must be in
comprehensive to some. 1t should chill our
blood, and put into active emotion every par
ticle Of sympathy which ennobles our native
nature. Yes, an instance of death from
want did occur in Richmond a few days ago.
1t was the wife of an honest mechanic, who,
in consequence Of sickness, was unable to
provide as he would otherwise have been
able to do, for his family.
This unfortunate woman, with several
children, was taken sick, and every resource
at the command of the husband was exhaust
ed. An unfeeling landlord seized upon the
little furniture he possessed in liquidation of
a long arrears Of rent. Being thus deprived
of every comfort, she sank and rapidly died !!
Imagine the feelings Of the man-no money,
and unable to support his family, and the
friends he knew were almost as destitute as
himself. 1t is possible that had he made
known his situation, he might have obtained
assistance We cannot imagine the feelings
of the landlord in question when he reads
the obituary Of this poor woman! Who will
envy him
This family reside between Second street
and Brook avenue, near Bacon's Branch
Through the neighborhood funds enough
were raised to give the poor woman a decent
burial, and we understand that the husband
in short time will have SO far recovered as
to minister to the maintenance of the moth
erless children. This shonId- be sufficient
warning to the Common Council to make
haste and provide for the poor of the city F."
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The undersigned requests all persons indebted
to John Lewis Peyton to come forward and settle
at once. He is authorized to offer the most liberal
terms for prompt payment, and mus. use the pro-
cess of the Law against such as fail to pay up.
He is also authorized to sell Mr.. Peyton's farm
on Jackson's River, in Allegheny county. contain
ing 2300 acres. This is very valuable land. and
he will sell it as whole in parcels to suit :he
purchasers upon the most favorable terms for
cash or short payments.
He will be on the farm on the End of January,
1868, when if the farm is not sold, he will rent it
for the current year. II. NJ. BELL. Staunton, Va
dec 25-tf Attorney in fact for j. L. Peytca.
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nOFFICE OF CHESAPEAKE 4
" OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, Richmond,
September Eth, 1868. At a meeting Of the
Board of Directors of the c. s. 0. R. r. Co.,
REsoLNED, That for the Augusta Agricultural
Fair, and all other Agricultural Fairs held with
in the States of Virginia and West Virginia, the
following charges be made:
Life Members will be carried free. going and
returning. Annual Members will be returned
free, on certificate of membership from the
proper officer Of the Society, also stating that the
person paid full fare going to the exhibition.
Animals and other things for exhibition, will
pay full freight going to the exhibition, but if re-
turned by the same owner, to the point from
which it originally started, will be returned free
of charge. oct 21-2t
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nR. c. R. HARRIS,

I Il. e. Il. HAKKIS,
IL STAUNTON, VA,
With over rs years experience in the various
branches, as Practitioner, of medical science
Special attention given to diseases peculiar to
females Patients from distance can be accom-
modated with Board at first class Boarding Hou-
ses 9
Patients waited or in the country when desired.
Office hours between and 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
and and O'Clock, P. NJ.
nar Office on Main Street, doors East from
DR.. Chapman's, Surgeon Dentist, and nearly op-
posite Taylor & Powells. 4C.
fob 1Q-1v s. -t5
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LEGAL. &c.

VIRGINIA Sat rules held in the clerks
Office of the circuit court for Augusta
county, the 9Th day of October, 1868
George Baylor s Marshall Hanger Attorneys
at law, under the frm and style of Baylor &
Hanger and Bolivar c. Christian, Plrintiffs,
Against In Chancery.
George Kelsey Boag, John Gailliard Boag, and
Vim. N. Clarke, Defendants.
The object of this suit is to attach 40 bushels Of
wheat, Is bushels Of old corn, Is bushels of OATS
4 tons of hay, and growing crop Of corn, or
suficiency thereof to satisfy the Plaintiffs claim
to witt $4,000 with interest thereon, from the
LIST of March, 1868, in the Bill mentioned, which
property, as is alleged, belongs to the non-resi-
dent defendants, George K and John G. Boag
and is now in the possession of the home defen-
dant, Clarke.
The Defendants George Kelsey Boag and Jno
Gailiard Boag, not having entered their appear
ance, and it appearing by satisfactory evidence
that they are not residents of this Common
wealth: 1t is ordered that they do appear here
within one month after due publication of this
notice, and do what is necessary to protect their
interests.
A copy-Teste,
JOHN PARIS, D. C.
Baldwin, p. q. oct Hat
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The Commercial Convention at Norfolk.

The Washington Correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette of the 18th, says: ga let
ter received to day by prominent statesman,
and dated at Norfolk yesterday, mentions
fatteringl7 the movement alluded to in my
correspondence last night. This movement,
says the letter, for material and commercial
advancement grows out Of the changed. rela-
tions resulting from the war, and will assume
definite form during the sittings of the
Convention. An unusually large representa-
ton in the Convention is expected from Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and all the Southwest that
looks for commercial relations with the sea-
board Of Virginia. The Chambers of Com
merce Of Louisville and Cincinnati will be
represented at Norfolk, with view to effect
ing arrangements for the completion, through
the James River and Kanawha Canal. of a
water line transit betwcan the Ohio river and
the seaboard. The subject-of Federal aid to
this water line, and other thoroughfares in
Virginia, has arrested the attention of the
people Of that State. It was started by the
Hon: Jos. Segar, the early and ardent cham
pion Of internal improvements in Virginia,
in speech in July, 1867, in which it was
maintained that in consequence Of the chang
es resulting from the war, Virginia would
find it absolutely necessary to take new lat
itude and departure, and look for recupera-
ton and power to the protective policy, and
the agency Of railroads and canals. The
same gentlemrn has since, in published let
ter, called attention to the fact that Federal
aid was the. only means of completing the
great national lines of transit between the
West and the Virginia scaboard. Men of
enlarged views comprehensive and patriotism
will anxiopsly watch the progress Of this new
movem ent in State heretofore given over
to political distractions, but determined to
be practical. Virginia has evidently entered
the lists for progress.
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Baldwin, p. q.

AT rules held in the clerks
Y office Of the circuit court of Allegheny
county, on Monday, 9th Of July, 1868.
Charles Baldwin, Plaintiff,
Against ...fs.f...
VIM. P. Rucker, G. Mcdonald and VIM. H. Ter
rill, Defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to enforce the vend-
ors lein on q lot of ground in the town of Gov
ington.
It appearing from satisfactory, evidence that
VIM P. Kucker,.is not a resident of this Common
wealth: 1t is ordered that the said defendant do
appear here within one month after the due pub
location of this order and do what is necessary to
protect his interest in this suit.
A copy--Teste,
JOS. T. FUDGE, Clerk.
Damron, p. q. oct l5-4t
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R, II. cATLErT,

JOHN ECHoLs, II. M. BELL, R. H. CATLErT.
TCHOLS BELL & .CATLETT,
I Attorneys at Law.
STANTON, VA.
Will practice in the Courts ofStaunton and Fede-
raj Courts at Staunton, and in the Circuit and
County Courts of Rockbridge, Rockingham and
Allegheny Counties. They viii also attend to spe-
cial business in any part of Virginia and West Va
The business of the late firm of Herman & Bell
is in their hands for attention and settlement.
nov 29-tf