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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-12-03
e6s- On the retirement Of Mr.. Ga

HE- On the retirement Of Mr.. Gatevood
who goes to Harrisonburg, it becomes uecessa-
that the Books of the late frm of Gatewood &
Trout shall be Immediately closed up. Mr.. P.
w. Maphis has the books Of the late firm in
his possession, as an Agent, only, for settle
ment. q tri- 49, -sH4
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The sHerald." - = . f.ssi'i -
We are truly ggrati6ed ct the manner in
which our patrons and the citizens Of the
county, generally, appreciate our efforts TO
make the HERALD first class paper. All we
ask isia hearty support from the citizens of this
and the adjoining counties, and we will guar
antee that the HERALD shall be welcome VS.
itor every week. Let US have your patronage.
Send in your names, and let every old subscri-
Der take an interest in extending our eircula
ton as matter of county pride, and we shall
not fail in our enterprise. We have our heart
in the matter, now, let us have the aid of yonr
purses. We are encouraged from the daily in.
crease to our subscription book, and the fat
tering
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
"7'he Shenandoah Herald in consequence of the
retirement of the late senior editor. is now I'm
der the exclusive control of Jas. s. front, Esq.
by when it will be conducted in the future
The Herald has been somewhat enlarged and
improved Mr.. T., as former junior p-oprie-
tor, has some experience, and will. no doubt,
iutcl Tie tAptCtdtlOuS OF the patrons. OF The
paper He has our warmest wishes for the
success Of his enterprise. - Commonwealth
"The Shenandoah Herald comes to us enlarc-
ed and greatly improved. We are pleased ia
know that our neighboring village Woodstock
can POW boast of MS, neat q newspaper as any
| town in the Valley. If our young friend
Trout. keeps up the energy display ed III the
first number of the new issue. succs IS Is sure
to follow" Rockingham Register.
'The Shenandoah Feraid comes to us thi.
week considerably enlarged and much improv-
ed in every way. Our friend. Trout, is evil
IDENTIFY at work. and is determined to make the
Herald second to no interior paper in the State
One thing is sure. that portion Of the Valley is
rich. and advertisers should make note o!
this. - y1alley Taginian. IS
THE Shenandoah Herald comes to us con
sderably enlarged, containing one third more
reading matter than usual. 1t has heavy
local column, imparting to it much interest. =
Success to such industry - Yin. Tines. '4
''The Shenandoah Herald has been enlarged
and considerably improved under the admin
istrati)n of Alr. Trout. - Win. Journal = 2
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Demorest's Young America,

81 For December, is on our table. II il I
ekaxniag llttls mopshl fsr boys and girls.1and
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Double Refined Poudrette.

1lauc ITOul niEht-FnI. bI0Ot, bones md OhaI,
ground to a powder.
Its effects have been most astonishing. dou6iiKI
the crops. and maturing them ten day. or two
weeks earlier. Equal TO the best brands Of Snpe--
phosphate for Present Crop elihe' sold only for
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-12-03
Nitro Phosphate Of Lime.

= NICIU Z hOspMaCo OF L1me.
We offer this Phosphate conidentig Is bsiag as
good, If not superior. to any ever tnsdey r solt
in this market, containing larger ansoant of sol
liable Phosphate anG Ammonia than sSua n SG
perphosphates. For PERMANENT. =. wall as 70:
immediate powerful effect Upon hand, n HAS 30
EQUAL. ra-ss1'ss-ssas-s-.-...s.
Prico in New York. ESQ per Ton 81 2,Oie
lbs. For price lists, circulars. kc apply TO
H0OE i WEDDERBURE
June 4-6n*2 Alexandra, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-07
Letter from Loutloun County.

rCorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette
LEEsBURG, Va, Sept. Ave too, have
had good soaking rain, which has revived
vegetation, and caused it to smile with reno
waited loneliness, and enabled those who had
not before done so ito SOW turnips.
Our position, politically,is that Of quiet 9nx-
ious suspense. This anxiety was increased by
the first returns from Vermont, but subsequent
discovery of the fact that the Democrats had
held their own, has caused US again to take heart,
and await further developments. Many OF us
bear in mind that Vermont was always an IN
tensely Wing State, and we further realize, IN
our own souls, the painiulness of having no
where to 90, but to the Democratic party, and
having gone to it. we cannot help believing
that the land of Heman Allen and Jacob Col
lamer will eventually find out that the life OF
the constitution and the liberty OF the country
depend upon the defeat Of the Radicals We
hope, We cannot help hoping, that the heart
of the North is stirred towards their country
men Of the South, and time will determine
that "blood is thicker than water" Onc tact
is evident that the election will, in no event,
90 by default, but that the vote will be so 1uI
and decided manifestation Of public scntl-
mcnt that the defeated party will yield as
gracefully as they can to the verdict OF the coun-
try, and accommodate themselves 10 clrcum-
stances Let US all remember ito learn to Ia
Dor and to wait" and in Gods good time de-
liverance, or strength TO bear the yoke, Will
come to US. ,.....
The circus has been here with its usual con-
comitants Of noise and drunkenness, but the
inebriety has generally been maudhn and dis
gushing rather than dangerous. believe there
have been no fights, and but few if any arrests
In fact our people are in good humor generally,
as we'll they may be with good crops Of wheat
fair crops of corn, and abundance OF work Tor
our n cchanics.
Our building association is not as tl0urishlng
as it ought to be, but SO far $3,0l8 have been
saved mainly from weekly payments of fifty
cents, and one mill has been rebuilt, tTo houses
been repaired, two houses built, and $3.50 are
ready for the display Of the energy Of the sue
cessful bidder at the last letting Of money. 1t
is safe to say that the mill and the new houses
would not have been, and the repairs would have
been small and meagrc instead of large and
thorough this is the result of the combiued
small contributions OF lS4 shares Tor seven
months. Why there are not 5000 shares taken
passes my comprehension. Ii Is confined al
most entirely to Lee>burg, while the consltu
ton embraces the whole county OF L0udoun.
Have Aide and NliddEeburg and Hamilton,
Waterford and Lcvettspille stopped growing :?
or are there no poor men who eau and VII
spare a dollar {; week to bulld Themselves
houses aud save themselves from paying rents
tfIOITIS
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AUCTION SALES.
BY Green e. Wise,
(Real Estate AuCtiOnecrs.


COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALJT8.
" BILE REAL ESTATE AND WATER
POWER IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY,
VA.-By virtue of DEGREES Of the CiTcui. Court
Of Alexandria county, Va, rendered in the sn;'
of Swami against Dempsey and others, the IN.
dgrsgned, as Commissioners therein named
will proceed on SATURDAY, the tenth dav a.
October, 1868, at u O'Clock M, in front OF the
Mayors office in the city. Of Alexandria to SELL
at public auction, TRACT OF LAND, stUs,,
ted in the said county Of Alexandra, on the
waters of Four Mile Bun, about three mile.
from Alezandria, on which DR.. K B. Alc2aH.
der resided and ofwhich be died seized, con.
tanning 247 acres, 8 roods and Is poles
Also, a TRACT adjoining the above, with
water power, formerly used IN connection with
g Factory continuing x acres.
TERMS -One-Gfth Of the purcha5c-moncy in
cash, and the residue in three equal Payments
at six, twelve and eighteen months from the
dav of SALE the deferred payments ~ bear in
tercst. and to DO secured by the bon IS Of the
purchaser and the title TO DO returned until full
FRANCIS i SMITH.
GEO. VIM. BRENT
sen 3-ootd COmm'rs. Of Sale
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Memorial Festival.

TCorrespondcnce Of the Alexandria GEzottc.I
= On the Goth. OF August, the ladies Of the
Manassas and Bull Run Memorial Association
held their festival for the purpose Of raising
funds for the burial of the Confederate dead in
the vicinity of Groveton. The morning giving
promise of rain the attendance Was not as large
as was anticipated, there being only between
three and four hundred persons present.
The dinner and refreshment tables, under
the superiptcndencc of the lady officers, and a
full and efficient corps of assistants of ladies
and gentlemen, were perfect in all their details.
Early in the morning large quantities of fresh
meats, ham, chickens, vegetables, Bread &C.,
began to arrive on the ground (tbe voluntary
contributions Of the ladies and gentlemen Of
the neighborhood) and by twelve o'clock q din
ner table was set out, the appearance of which
has never been surpassed by anything Of the
kind it has ever been my good fortune to sec
and it was fully appreciated and enjoyed by the
company present.
I have never 10 my life seen moro iib"rahty
displayed on any occasion than was shown by
The assembled guest; each seemed 70 rie with
the other, in inventing some means Of bcStVw
ing money upOn the ! ISOLATION, through It's
dinner AMI Refreshments tables, The people Of
this and the adjoining counties Of Loudoun,
Fairfax and Fauquier, noted as they ever have
been for their lberalitv on all occasions, seemed
on this day determined to gain tor themselves
fresh aurcIs, and we'll did they succeed tor
small as was the company assembled they spent
money enough to enable the association to clear
two hundred and fifty dollars.
Short and appropriate addresses were dciv,
cred by Ex-Governor Smith and Drs Tcbbs and
Harrison. The assembly, however, needed no
talking to- they knew their duty and did it.
The ladies OF the association desire, through
the columns Of the Alexandria Gazette to re
turn their heartfelt thanks to the assembled
guests for their liberal contributions to noble
cause. Nothing whatever occurred to mar the
pleasures OF the day; not murmur was heard,
not a frown was seen on any brow; ali were
pleased and happy. ..' PRINCE WILLIAM,
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E.nffer from E1nicEhX. 90.

correspondence Of the A.eX ,udria GHZctlc J
TIE OAKS, FAIRFAT Co., Sept. a. brcj
sojourn here gives mc ima to trouble, you
with one OF MY brief notes. the virtue ofbrevity
so acceptable to editors, | promise you they
shall have merit if no other If ! can succeed
in contributing my mite to the advancement of
the material interests Of this county, point out
the true value of her lands, in an agricultural
point OF view, make Ter ovn people sensible
of the advantages they possess, and thereby
arouse them 10 greater cxorton I shall have
reaped full reward Tor the humble Iabors Of
my pen To briug about change, the land
owner holding his broad acres by the hundreds
and thousands must sell off, reducing his farm
to his own resources for proper and e1FectuaI
tillagc. Encourage the honest emiEranT, no
matter from what locaIity he may come, to in
vest his money here, sell to them at fair prices,
make the inducDmGut strong Tor hlm to make
here his future home, and we shall soon sec
different state Of things HOmcstcad5 viii
spring up on our surplus lands, grass viii be
made to grow on what now only seem to be
worn out lands, the equity become free from
debt, the heavy burden of taxation that DOW
sits like an incubus upon the property holder
will become lightencd, and the time again arrive
when We shall feel like an independent free
people. This will do more to restore prospect
ty than all the sayings and doings of all the
politicians that now like locusts intest the land.
and bore too many Of the Furnishing branches CT
this once happy people. Drive politics and
would be politicians away, listen not to honied
words on the one hand nor to the denunca-
ton Of your neighbor On the other, but dis
card all, be the party to which they peerless to
belong what it may, aud let brotherl love and
fratcrnal feelings be again restored. Teach
the Northern man who comes Or wants to
come among us that his person and property
are safe, that no midnight assassin turks to
deprive him of the one or rob him of the
other, that we are civilized people, ready and
willing to open the door and spread the hospi
table board for him. The question is frequently
asked in the North and Northwest Are per
sons and property safe IN the SOuth?' Let US
not ridiculc the question. 1t may be asked
only by the ignorant. Let Us meet it and say
to all ''inquiring friends ycs-your person
and property arc nowhere safer in this broad
Union, nowhere are the laws enforced TO pro-
tcct both more promptly than in Virginia.
Yours, u.
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Diery Far1ns---RHiEk and Butter.

To Mc; Editor Of the Alexandria: Gazette: ,5.
In thiskiug of the future prospects of Vir-
GINA, especially that part of on the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas Railroad, | am led to
the conclusion that our land can be improved
by system of agriculture having more diversi-
fed crops than heretofore. BY grazing, our
lands will be constantly improving, whereas by
the system we have practised OF keeping our
lands under the p!ow, they are constantly I'M
poVerlshed. From Investigations have made
am convinced that the products of the DAIRY
are mre rcmunerative than any other
We, on the line Of the Manassas road par
tcuarIy, can afford to send milk to Alexandria
aud Washington, if We could sell it, at our diff,
tercnt stations at cents per quart This will
be better than corn at 81 per barrel, whereas
We do not average over S.. The milk could
be retaied at Washington at 6 cents per quart,
and pay good profit Washington and Al
exandria would save thousands on this article
alone The railroad company would have a
daily source of revenue, continuing all the year
will facilitate this business, as | know our pro
ducing community are investing to this end
\ daily train through to Washington on the
Manassas road would be all that is needed.
CENTREvILLE, Va, Sept. 4. PROGRESS.
SHENANDOAH, COUNTY. The Circuit Court
for this county, Judge j. T. Harris presiding,
commenced on Monday last The only case Of
any importance is suit to set aside the will of
the late John Strayer, of New Market, brought
by his son in law, Mr. Derrick Penny ecker,
OF R"cslogham. Able counsei;have been en-
ployed in the case IT,. l-r.ra4
A tr-edm q, once the property of the late
S. u. Williams, died in Woodstock on FRIDAY
last Ben was extensively known, having act
ed 10 toe capacity of wafer, &c. at the public
watering places in this county, ard at hotels here
and elsewhere, tor many years pr: vious to the
war. He was distinguished Tor his fine man
ners aud accommodating disposition. He was
faithful to his former master and his family
during the trying Genes of the war.
Everybody, and especially the boys. have the
bone fever. Hand, wagons, wheelbarroWs, bas-
kets bags, aud every other vessel imaginable,
have been brought into requisltion. Bones are
hu;.;ed up about the streets, IN yards and lots,
IN the fields, and upon the highways and by
ways Farmers coming to market bring bones:
In tact. homes institute one Of the principal
commodities In our market. -- .-1a ''".-..~--
The corn crops in this section of the county
have been greatly benefited by the late heavy
rains, aud particularly those that were planted
10 June; and If the frost should not cut it short
before it shall be matured, the yield will be q
tols;rably good one. ,..l .s5a-. .s..~z... 49,.
From present indications, the farmers of
this county are preparing to put out a large
crop OF wheat, and generally purchasing large
QUANTITIES OF the various standard fertilizers
offered IN the market. -Shenandoah Herald.
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Anctio1errs and Real Estate Accat:j


COMMISSIONER SALE OF HOUSES
= AND LOTS IN ALEHANDRiA-B
virtue of decree Of the Circuit Court Of Alex
andria county, Va, rendered AZ the May term.
1865 in the suit Of Hepburn against Smith and
others, the undersigned, Commissioners therein
named, will offer at public sale, on SATUE-
DAY, the 18th day Of September, 1865, at Z
o'clock m, in front Of the Mayors Office. in The
city of Alexandria, Va, the following real IS
tate, situated III the SAID clty Oh AIc&&h1rlE 10
Lot No. IA LOT OF GROUND, on the
west side of Pitt street 10 feet inches north
Of Cameron street, binding and fronting on Pix
street CO feet, and extending back ~ It,, more
or less, in depth, having the use OK me ~ feet
alley bounding ton the SOUTH SuDJec., 10 [eA.
charge in fee Of S35 per &nnum. payable 70 Gco
Swain on the first day of May IN every YEA
This lot is improved 0y T WO SMALL IENE-
Lot No. "A LOT OF GROUND, on the
east side Of Patrick street. - feet north OF Cam
eron, Is! feet in front, and 80 feet . inches in
depth, improved by y 5 SMALL TENEMENT
and subject to g rent charge Of S. per annum,
payable to the estate OF VIM. Il Ball, dced,
on account Of 8 rent charge Of ojG.S per annum
upon the half square OF ground, OF which II Is
part reserved upon the conveyance BY CHARLES
Alexander to John Y. Thomas, in lTl5.
TEKMS-One tenth Of the purchascmoEoy
TO be paid in hand as cash deposit, and the
residue IN equal payments, at SIX, twe.y and
eiyhteen months, with interest, secured by Lhr
ronds Of the purchaser, with good PERSONAL So
CURLY. and the title to be retained until III. pl--
,:hase-Inoney is fully paid. and the pr perry
liable 10 be rcsOld q. the cost aHd TIsk Of the
purchaser, in the event Of 4 failure 70 comply
with the terms Of sale Stamps ard e. hTcysL-
cling at the expenses CT purcha2@r.
FRANCIS J.. SMITH.
sep 3-cots Colnm'r. If Sale
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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
DeklSa

We hold it to be inc0ntrogcrtiby true that
when men really desires to pay his just debts
there can be no dispute on that score between
himself an:l his creditors. There is religion
OF money to which the majority OF mankind
instinctively cling However we'll founded
mans sense Of moral obligation, there IS that
nameless something within which prompts
him to demur against every monetary claim
which may be presented. Verbally he acknoW-
lodges the obligation, expresses his willingness,
and frequently an earnest desire to meet 1t, but
in his own heart there is some rebelll0us OBJ
lection to the claims. The objection is over
ruled by his moral sense, and the world knows
nothing Of its inner history. Men have an in
stinctye horror Of dependence, come in what
ever shape chance may direct. But while we
all willingly, or rather reslgnedIy, acknowledge
our superiors in the intellectual world, we un-
consciously urge some objection ID our minds
to the monetary claims OF others upon US
The Agrariau system might remove this iault,
but at the cost Of the happiness and stability
Of society. and of these two evils the wish Of
mankind prefers the former This nature IS
entirely wrong. The possession Of money does
not make the independence or superiority Of
one man against the othcr-it is the manner
in which the money is used, the purpose for
which it is employed II chance creates the
relations of creditor and debtor, and nature
itself continually feds fault with the power
there is one refuge for the security OF self
honor; ard that is the moral sense OF obliga-
ton which God has implanted in Us, and by
which He intends that our actions shall be
guided and restrained.
The recent war has fully developed an IN.
happy trait in our national character, and
wdeaed the breach between creditor and deb.
tor We sec this illustrated in the repudia-
tiou Of rational debts, and we fear that the
consequence will be the total igocring Of pri-
vate debts which were contracted before the
war. Our Confederate debt has been wholly
rcpudiated-but this we may say was forced
upon us. Be it so, yet the principle remains
Unchanged States have followed the example,
counties, cities, and towns are in the same ca
taIogue and now, the private individual aValIS
himself Of the privilege to pay in currency the
gold debts which he contracted eight years
ago. When men shall love honor moro than
money, when the true religion Of mankind
shall be approved and tested by a feeling
which scorDs to take advantage Of legal tech
nicalities-then, and only then, shall VIC be-
hold most fruitful field in which the eano5
ling virtues will blossom into lie OF beauty
and uscluia"ss-then, aud only then, will We
approach and sit down 10 feast in which Nil
too declares that no crude Surf@it shall eign.
-LyachJWg NctrS.:
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WAls BREED.

On the 9Th instant, at the residence Of s.
Dcalh&m, the brides brother n-law, by the
Rev. Mr.. Loewcnsohn, NORTH HELLER to
Miss EICKA SCHWARTZ, both Of this city.
In Washington, by the Rev. John G, Smith,
J. MILTON BUCHANAN to EMMA f, Eli
DEED, both of this city. ..
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sep Scots
SALE.

BY virtue Of. decree Of The Circuit .~our. fer
Prince Georges county, Md sitting in equity,
passed on the 18th day OF April, 1858, in uco4.c
in said Court pcndiag in which ChscGs J..
Grimes and others are compliments, and Jane.
Il, Grimes and others are respondents, the IN.
dersgned, as TRUSTEE will sell, at public SALE
ut Grimes Gross Roads, on the premises, OF
THURSDAY, the 18th day Of Septemb =, Is1o,
at Il O clock IN, Il lair: II not the HIS. i'll.
day thereafter, all that
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
Of which ThOs Grimes. late Of Prince George
county, Md, died seized and p sSessed, .n!aia-
ing about TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT
ACRES This property is only seven miles
from Washington, d. C., and three miles tfom
Alexandria Virginia, with d w ELLING Eags3
HOUSE Barns, Tenant Houses, Quarters, G.I5l-
Sc; is well w&tcred, and well supplied win
wood, and for gardening and market purposes
cannot be SURPRISED There is also great VA
7iety Of the choicest fruit trees.
The property will be sold rs one entire tract,
or in lots from one TO sixty acres The entire
farm having been laid off and divided into lots
and plated, one Of the said plnts can be seen 1t
the office Of Shelby Clark, esq, Upper Mar
borO', Md. and the other by calling on the un.
dersigT.ed VINO will take pleasure in showing
the land. AS persons who think Of buying Will
visit the property and examine for themselves
q further description is considered unnecessary.
TERMS OF SALE, rs prescribed by the de-
cree: Onc.halt cash on the day Of sale, or the
ratification thereof by the Court; the residue
payable in twelve months from the day OF sale,
secured by the note or bond OF the purchaser,
with security TO be approved by the Trustee
and the whole purchase money TO pear lnIcFes.
from the day Of sale until paid. The cost Of
and the necessary stamps 70 be
paid for by the purchaser.
Title perfect Possession given on the frs!
day of January, 1867 but If the property IS
sold in lots, Of the greater portion thereof pos.
session can be given Immediately.
CHAS. L. GRIMES, Trustee.
Alcxandria, Va.
Prince Georges co., Nd, sep l-co;s
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TRAGEDY IN ARKANSAS. - The Arkadelphia
dallas county, Stand4,d Of the 29th ultiino
publishes report that bloody tragedy oc,
cured lat week in Louisville, Lafayette coun
~, IN the extreme southwestern portion Of thu
State, which resulted in the death Of seven ne
gToes aud five whites. Anagro had committed
hoIrii outrage up0n cir! thirteen years old,
and number OF the CITIZENS executed summary
punishment upon him by banging him. 4
brother OF the negro went to town alter the eX
ccuJion and behaved in Il very insulting and
riotols manner, using threats agaInst those who
had hanged his brother The people, after
bearing his Insults Tor some time, hanged him
alsa, whcrcuDon Tie negroes Of The town and
ntichtorhCod, collected together 10 the mum
her Of forty Or fifty, and made general attack
upon the town. which was met by the citizens
with the above result