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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY IN THE FIRST WARD.
IA By virtue of two deeds Of trust, dated re-
E"" spectively January 18th and June 18th, A. D.
slSS, and duly recorded in Llber q. q. Z ;,
No rs, folio 1856 ct seQ and Liber No. $50, folio "a
n the District Of Columbie, and b. direction Of
the Treasurer Of the First Co Opera alive Building
Association, of this District, will sell, at pub
lie auction, In front Of the premises, on TUES
pay the Nth day OF April, at O'Clock p m all
that piece, lot, or parcel OF ground and premises
ni9g sIa and being IN the city Of Wsshington D. O..
plan thereof as q part Of square numbered one
hundred and fourteen (lD. beginning for the
same af the intersection OF north street and 10th
street west, and running south with said nth
street twenty (2D) feet; thence east the depth of
said lot thence north twenty t30l feet and thence
west to the place OF beginning, the same being i'm.
Ter ms OF sale, cash; Of which Sl0C must be paid
az the time Of sale and If the terms are not COM
piled with within hve days after the day Of sale
the trustees reserve the right to resell the risk
ana cost OF the first purchaser, after one weeks
WiEtIAA WILL 4 A. rEHNwfcK ( Trustees.
mails eo&ds OO0PER LATIMER, Aucts
~THB ABOVE SAIL HAS BEEN POST.
poned unit! TUE DAY. May 9Th. same hour
Term. Of sale modified: Cash S2 800 balance in 6,
on premises, bearing interest. BY order OF the
TrusGees. COOPIR L&TfME6
apo eoAds Auctioneers.
STHE ABOVE SALE rs FURTHER POST.
poned until TUESDAY YAMERNOON, May llth,
my my c s0ads o pO0OPER : IATIMIR. III Huct..
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nY COOPER q LATIMER, Auctioneers.
- fSuccessors TO j. @. Mcclure a CO..
Southwest corner Penne avenue aud llth street,
Star once Building
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y ROQUETs

ySsi Ieeeiyed. large and com plet- assortment
q LAWN CROQUBr5 at Obj RUPPHRT's
. etore. 523 eth street, near d, which will be
sold .; the lowest rates apI-?v
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Will be sold at public auction. on MONDAY. the
lOth instant, at o clock .. M on the premises.
Lot No. Is, in McGuire's subdi ivision of Square
No ga. being good front and depth.
Terms: Ope-third cash; balance In six and twelve
months. for notes bearing interest and secured by
a deed of trust on the premises. Stamps. &c, at
cost Of purchaser. $50 down on the day of sale.
my4-d GREEN A WILLIAMS. Aucta
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Rf COOPER LAT1MER, Auctioneeu,
Successors 70 JaA. Z. Mcclure a Co.,l
southwest corner cf Perns avenue and lltn street
etAr Once Building
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10y COOPER LATIMER, Auctioneer,
ID Successor to Jas. q. Mcclure q co..
Southwest corner Pennsylvania ave. and lIth st ,
Star Office Boilding.
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GALE OF GovERaHENT sTOREs.

Brsvet Lieut.. Col. ana MAJOR Of Ords.nee.
NV 80 in charga
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OBITUARY.

LAifsON-Diet; on the 18th inst., OF con-
Jacob William lawson, aged %
years. milf ..e..ili
So has passed away, IN the springtime Of
his tnanheod one whose many virtues endear-.
cd him to large circle Of friends. A devout
Christian wftsou, being bigst, dutiftl son,
IN Il tIcctionate brother, and true friend,
lie was beloved by all, and his death will cast
a heavy gloom over the household Of which he
was the pride. We can truly sympathise
with them, for we knew him we'll, and ad.
mired hin, for his truth. Had health been
granted him, he would have been the main
stay Of his family (; but y has pleased The
Good Father 10 taks him I, Himself, and he IL
Asleep In Jesus, blessed sleep ts
4 Trom which nous ever ~iksto ~tsp. :
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THE FACTORY N 'ls:l Girl; III
III 4IlE BLOSSOM ASt ruE BLIGHT,

aii, aiL} g.lA'..t .,3!SVsi lA'slD .
tire scerrs of which arc infinitely more graphic
than those, embodied in any Of the sensational
dramas which now hold possession Of the stage.
"The Factorf Girl will be Immediately fol-
lowed by new story of surprising interest,
from, the pen Of j: II. Smith, Esj, author q
"Minnigrey, !. s'Stanfcld Hall u erc., etc.e,d
viii b fstaiaed, eana EsE departments added
ffanl lille II time during The progress Of the
year. .RomancoS, Novclcttes, Satirical Sketches
Humorous Poems, Tahty Tales, articles on
American sports and ,pastimes, and a weekly d.
gese Of al that IL nterestiag II Thatrical and
ota ether Popular amdsemenls and, recrntions,
will fgute IN the contents of. the Mercury for
coming yeat,, Through ,hs department appro-
printed to the youthful autlQTesses Of America
hundreds Of lady writer's, no famots, first made
the acquaintance Of The public. i, 4hie5ll.
This channel Of communication between the
young ladies Of talent ,apl genius and the read
ing world will continue open to the former; and
such productions as are calculated to do hem
credit and give them prestige Will be published
with SUCH critical comments US they call for. q,
To mail subscribers our terms for 1863, will
be-, Cash in advance--single copies $3.50 s
year; three copies 81; six copies, Sl4; nino
ctties, $40. The party who sends us $40 for 9
cub of nine copies W i'll receive mn additional
py free. Six months subscription received.
dc ess AtLDWELL & WHITNEY;
ir' -'1oS Fnlton street, New York. !.
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Pos7toSEp. 10th Of this month ras
tho day advertised by The Nlillcri.es and
false teachers as tue time for closing up
,hc business Of this world; bat We pre-
sumo ,h.. owing to The long lists IF cases
pending In The Criminal Court and the
clerks no. having tLeir books ftlly posted,
The matter has beet ihle6nitely pos'poned'
We heard Of one family, In this place.
who were torely troubled abou. the matter
and .pen. ell day Friday repcuting. We
hope they feel tsliuvel,
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MARRIED. :

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 4th. ut the resi-
dence Of the bridegroom. by Rev. MIR -,
Mr.. NJ. g. wooftcr 10 Miss Sarah g l. Bond,
all Of Lewis. .,go
sTRALEYA FREEMAN-Jply %, at the
residence Of the brides father, by Rev. Mr..
49,, Mr.. +. N. Straley to Ar. A. u. Free.
man, all Of Lewis.
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A XE,ollBoRlSo cotenporary prints Tue
following beautiful al-lcg-ory; :" We
saw Jane Lew maid Of seventeen gay
suluhets; tie other morning, kick four.
month ca.f over three-foot fence. The
sight wos-vell. such leg! We almost
wished We were the calf. Did We own the
brute he should be inundated upon an
I altar to vcnas-he has seen too luuch to
live" ri r.. q
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/. RErREScllMgSr.-Our cotemperaties Of
the Clarksburg Conservative hs4e lnau.
eureted the era Of retrebchmaht. 70
tlieir hohor let loud hosatnas ring. TNcy
do it Up in this wise: a,.E
'.ATesn. elcttiot comes ,offin Aug.-
Stokes, BAD. and Senter Conservative can
didato for Gov. The latter will DO elected"
lind. produces lnaniacs . potu at the
ago often"
57"-ps. ihisut tiea Rcr checks oat try.
ing to eat a torpedo
They then fell Us thst Frysinger &
Walters are "Els. and Props." Of the
concern; and but short time ago wc
were informed that "Ohio Leg. sdjoarn-
ed" By these delightful little abbrevia:
lions, the Eds" or "Props.D OF both, or
otherwise, as tho case may BE. manage to
say "uluch ii little" OF not, or, as afore.
said as tho case may occur, thereby
predicting as well as teaching retrench-
mcnt-eyen in small things. We arc
not Star Chamber, but should be
pleased to know which is the "Prop."-
does be Prop tho other, or do both
"prop."- thus illustrate chow
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to.
gether II unityp
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.CAMr Msxuxas.-The annual camp
meeting will 10 held shis year " the
farm Of Rev. Aaron Vincent, in Harrison
county (w. Va. three miles south Of
Shins.ou. on tho Clarksburg road. The
i4itno iixed on it is August 2Oth. 4 camp
meeting will also be held near Bunker
Hill, Jefferson county, and nss near
lIaincsville, sometime in August or
September. n,
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.llE that hath u merry heart hath a
continued feast" saith the prove:b.
Wonder il that accounts for our being so
faty \ N ,, n m M.
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'i.I, .u, c,..o.ro- S,ovan.
1--WE 4f' ~. ~ r. mak.
Gu ~. .pp0, .bs ,,,.l .. a;..,;.. 10 tbe
o'n''ot lfon' 'ns 'H,'e ,ma s I.a;.;.l
s "'... 0uusssup !" !. ,' ~ counties of
u'',''' .o"p,'' o.. y ~ I'd p,nal..ou
m n, u'uo'A'' VAN :. I' i. ~. rss;a,,.
~ "sAn'' vs., w. s..'.s - ,ion III
.,0.' sum- .'n' ''. ~ ~ h.,nh Tbe
'u ~ , a,s - a. II. ,elec.
A's 5a'EI.
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9rhyilatestl" old togyisln As that base
ball has tendency to lead to intempor-
iucc. We congratulate ourselves on not
being a base ballist, and consequently free
from its evil Tendencies. Our'ns alters
sody. iiss ,ii8e3
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I'VE haze on hand at this office a large
.uautity ofBL.lNK DEEDS, and JUS
rlcEs, BLANKS Vt AZ Kinds, yq'sn
Up III he best style. Cal and examine.
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TuEn. arc 10 inmates IN tho ". Va.
Psni.entiary, among whom Is : lad about al Vt:
10 years Of age who was sentenced there
for Eve years for taking The life ofShis
father some years since. 1ooI ss@a
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ETER YBOUY

EVEH YBODH
Should keep constantly within their reach, those.
Invaluable remedies 10 successfully combat dis
case. Roback's tloed Pills, ,Roback's stom-
ach I,itters and Roback's Blood Purifier, they,
arg nfallible in the diseases for which they arc
recommt nlcd. +. ". SlHALFANT,
Sole a.-e,:tL for Lcwistanst!
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

WEST VIRGINIA.
A 7 rules held in the clerk office Of tho Gin.
~ cult Court Of Lewis county, on the first
Monday IN July, 1862. t4
Nathan Roger. PldaitN i,
Us. In chdncery.
John S. Lille, &c., defendants.
The object OF this suit is to obtain Q decree
against hedefendaats for SAP 90, with inter
est thereon from the goth Of August, 1866, being
balance due for lie purchase Of q tract of no
ecses 6flAhd in Lewis county, on Sand Fork Of
ttS West Fork! And Il appearing by affidavit
filed that the deiendtll,ss William Gibson, !.
not y resident. Of this S'ae aba hc not appear
inE, i is ordesed that Re d. appear here within
one t!ontli after the first publication Of this orr
DEF, Ind do what may be necessary 70 protect
his interest In this suit. o. an 7lpG
w y copy teste s.. ! 40 10 ~, ioz
G. A. JACKSON, CLERK.
Geo, Cozad, Solicitor. sia
july l2-4t h.. 4..al sg4.g II
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4" UUMAllboIUNEtS' NOTICE..
Dayid haa s55 ,HTl (. Sa.s5
I" IS.
Samuel b. Smith Admit nc hanetry
6f (niteriC. FJttnesst hid r as'
Hhers q eiif ~ y aDet'H. !.
ETNhe parties il tits eiise will tax. notice that
have fsedHpbnitl The 23l day Of lune, 1859,
atlny ,otBse III the town of Weston to e&eeute ali
order u reierehte IN TIL, above named eause, EN-
ttref'at 'the Nay ttriii, 1863, III whirli att d.
rtctea. 3iif.,I
First.Aro asccrts'i, and report al debts or
demands against said iecpdtnt VI lis estate, TO-
gethtr wiih their pribrites. ,.ta..if.tl,lL
Scc,iHd ITO nstertaiti The lands Of wliiclt
said rornAsl wts the OWNER Al his death.
Third so setlelhe accounts 81 samuel d.
Smith IS AdminstratSr, OF The said decedent.
tvstiieg. with such Vther matters as be may
itt,n per,iiltnt t'uiay u required by the par
! iies! FS-p
Given dutler NY hand, this 2lst dly Of May,
| 1869. vi f3., MN. y. DVNNl:N.G!I.oS.
tont. cirruit'eourt I.ywis county M Y,
| ..9 gtfHr wv ...-s fA44Ia. latN'Hl fi54L ~.
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i's4oSEwALL TousSAMESr CtuD."-
This body organized few evenings ago,
and propose TO have the first tilt Of the
season during the latter part Of tbis week.
The following officers were elected for the
current year: i''s N5 G5ftatA
President-T. B. Edmiston.. =.
Vice Prcsidert-Up.on MeCandllsh.
Secretary. ". WoffnaM.
Treasurer-R. D. DAWSON.
Geo. Cozad was selected to deliver the
Address :; and J. W. Wofindin Ii Mar
shal of the dry. A meeting will be held
at the telegraph Office tonight (lIoniay)
to arrange all preliminaries. A full at.
tendance is requested. Persons wishing
to become members will band their names
to any u the officers.
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SENATOR WILEY will accept GU
thanks for valuable public documents.

ERAArrM,-ln the twcnty-sixth item Of
The Ladies Column" on our first page,
will be observed very curious and awk-
ward make up error-two unfortunate
items having got init that peculiar condi-
tioh which makes it almost impossible to
tell ".'other from which" 1t now reads
IA North Carolina mother, forty years
of age, has her twenty-second child in the
"Dressmakers Of Troy" etc. It should
have been "iu Her arms" We ppologise
ITO our readers-the '.North Carolina
mothcr'-and more particularly to the
"dressmakers Of Troy"
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BLoBus refuses to go down and SEQ his
Hannah this hot weather. He says it's
too warm for foolin.' y. a.ia t5,,es 81 4
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OLD people take to glasses because they
wan. to see, young ones bcsaa.c they
want to feel-good. ,Ms9l NJ gal j
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TNHE NEW YORK MERCURY FOR 1868.
The 3lst volume Of this popular weekly
VIII commence with the New Year, aud tho pro-
pristors propose to make it the most brilliant,
vaylcd aid entertaining budget Of current literf
atlrc thot bas ever becn 81 submitted to tho public
in The form Of d Family Newspapef, Better or
iginal stories than are to be found in any Of the
magazines will grace its columns; and, already
ia advance Of all eotemporares Of is class; Y
q literature iasin4ed in ,the prphi.asno Of )
's re- a aHssisDa ssPrR lev volume will ):
4 powerful, stofy ~. Miss II. y. BRADDON,
author u ''UstaT Beisfasd,, pyS!'Soboay's Daugts
ter,n nThc Outcasts," ETC., etc, and one Of the
most popular noyelists Of the day, entitled, 4
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JsA HART, Of Clarksburs, has estab-
li,hed in our town branch Of his wool
and cloth exchange. Genuine Factory
Jeans, Casiueres, Flannels, Blankets, &C.,
a1ehapged icr wool on the best terms.
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LOCAL ITENIS.

] Yur Supervisors meet onthe LIST Thurs
DAY Of August.
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\ Ii, a. o. RAILROAD.
TRAINS will be run on this road ill .ihrthe
notice, as follows; ~, - ,,sn
MAIL TRAIN WEST.
Leaves Graftonat ,d;ia A NJ.
Arrives at Clarksburg at l2;tg Pm,
Arrives at Parkersburg ,,.,,.n 5,ts M.
FAST LINE WEST.
Leaves Graftonat $40 a, y.
arrives at Clarksburg at $50 A. W
Arrives at Parkerspurg At =. ll;lO a, NJ
s,f.r.yy, MAlLTRAlN EAST,
leaves Parkersburg. at 1890 =, n.
Arrives al Clarksburg at 800 m
Arrives at GHallona Ut 4;oo p. v.
FAST LINE EAST.
Leaves parkersburgat s8 5;2s p
Arrives at Clarksburg at .t9T a:o9 ?, ".
,rr;vcs nj Grafton ut l0:l0 p, N.
For further parlicularssapply to W. IL. Free
nan at the Clarksburg depot. ....,..,.-
JOHN L.lWILSON,
10. Master Of transportation.
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As tho mercury goes up the people come
down, The heat has q depressing and
towering effect on humanity. 5ea,a5,gs.
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Ellny Guxuo, charged with burning
the Preston county Court House on the
7th Of March last, was found guilty at
the last term Of tho Circuit Court Of that
county. Tho penalty Is death.
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THr LITERARY SociErY.-Pursuant to
adjournment. tho Literary Society met at
the Town Hall on Tuesday evening last.
The exercises were highly interesting.
Several new members we're admitted; aud
Senators Wiley and Foreman, and Con.
gresham Duvall, were elected honorary
members. On motion, all the surviving
members Of the old Everett Literary
Society" were elected honorary members.
The question for dcbate-'lf a mai,
plant pumpkin seed en- lis own land, and
the vine passes through lis fence, and
bears fruit en- the land Of his neighbor, to
whom does the pumpkin belong 1'-upon
whicl, j. W. Woflindin was affirmative
and NJ. D. Dent (by default Oft. B. I'd.
nlislos) negative, was decided in favor o
tie Affirmative. The following is the or.
der Of exercises to.inorrew evening:
~ oRiulYAL oRGTioXs. u
NJ. D. sett-E. NJ. Chaitant. 'o
ESSAYS.
r. G.. Ednisttn-Geo. Dawson.
"'.t' sELEcr oRATloNs.
Q. P. Brannon AP. q. tjrbach.
DEBATE.
"Are public amuscmcnts beneficial 2
Affirmative-L. Donegan negative
T. y. Edmiston. n
Alteinales-uifirmativc, A. Edmiston
negative, W. G,l,cnns.... 4
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,,r,fSs strange anomaly Of people running
with mois,ure) without moving was
noticeable yesterday. ta @
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE;
Geoye Ross, Pl6. IT | s1,.,.
!Fih;am Morley, "a. 80,
lloyd Iornass, JoAe J. IN Caanee'r'y5
Davis, trustee, 4. G. Hale, .6r
and He,iry Rannoa trustee Nv, ~
TIthc parties In. the above named cause will
take notice tliat have fixed upon the 10Th
ddy of'Angdt 1859, at my 9 tlce in the ,ownof
Westep, Lewis county, West Virginia, to execute
the order Of rsisrepee made in this cause at ths
Mfg Term, 1869 BY which order am, required
to ascertain nhd report tic liens on the real es-
tate Of the defendant VIM. Moxley, in the, bill
and proceedings mentioned, their amounts,
character, dates, order AID prior,ics. together
with any other matter deemed pertinent by my
self specially required by the hssses or either
Of them, iaGl p ti sN,
Given under my hand this lltf day Of May,
1880 s-. WM l.. DUNNlSGTON,
Comr. circuit court ltwis county, VIVA.
n4G-4t. 'h' tsf'+ -H.'N'
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Y. QUICK SALES AND sNALL.rROtlrs.

LARGE BUYERS will find II to their III ercs.
10 call and examine my stock before tutcllasnr
elsewhere Alf6 dets ptorptly filled!
aveengaged the services Of Nj. SAMUEL
Warder, formerly with Gilfllan, Ebert 4 Co.,
who vii be pleased 10 see his ,frttyldA4 !
~ ft'' R-tfttGGEyHEt,tEE
ss1sn 4als We pasryssuir WE
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MoRE OF lr!-Ihe Telegraph editor
he WANTS to make Clarksbarg summer
resort" too. "Now, in the names d. all
the gods at once Clprksburg md Buck
hanpon "summet resprtsp' And the
Clarksburg man says they have las good
mineral springs as any in the world
WE'LL i've kndw that to be true Of Blk for
we have there concealed lots Of Sulphur
Water about our person bat Clarksburg
why al the ladies' have left there and
are spending the Summer months" in
Weston! You should keep better posted
a, to the arrivals and departures, Mr..
Man. sp Na ~ .a.-
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THE blackberry bushes this season
promise more than an ordinary sield, both
as to quantity and quality.
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+ ASDS, FHR SALE Good ESSnlng lands
Ii ftr!ly in cultivation, and tile balance in
woods, for sale il lots aslt purchasers, situa-
ted in Lewis county, on the Stannton and Par.
kersbnrg Turnpike, miles from Weston and
IL Calhoun county on ne Li,'ls Kapa wa river river
s sIn e n rs * ., sdtss san's Liberal
FREDERIC FOUSE,. Agents for the heirs Of
F. X. Fouse, decd, at Weston. q, n3l-me.
AIOTTCE.-ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED
IN against Trusting my son, MICH L WIN!
TIERS, Us bic has left me without any cause, and
therefore will not be responsible for any debts
Of his contracting. ANDREW WINTERS
West Union, June 20, 1863. ~ a
jy5-3t 5dl 81, a9a ..lH,t.3
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BASKET MEEriSa.-On Sunday, the
18th inst "a basket meeting Of the N. =.
Church was held on Gee Lick, about four
miles from tow, at. which Revs. Davis
ani Rider presided; 4 great many per-
sons we're pres: ut, aud all went merry a.
a marriage bell until about three o'clock,
at which time the breaking out Of the
s,orplcaused general stampede. Trees
were falling in all directions, and for a
time il seemed almost certain that many
Of tho Horshippcrs would be- seriously
hurt. eue man, whose name We did not
learn, narrowly escaped being crtshed to
death byjuImping bis horse just Is b huge
tree was falling ukonu. him. Fortunately,
there was no damage sapc thorough
soaking::of everything that water could
penetrate.
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,l st virginia I'rands, Bright rhls, oahttcrs
Tens, Navy, and the popular vityiRn fAlilerr,
z al, I % B A Q o 0s
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AouArlc.-During the day on Monday
last, when the river was nearly shank
full" and the current was strong enough
to sweep away "meetin' house," man
named POWELL living near toun, having a
desire TO experience tile feelings engeu-
dered by "a life on the ocean wave"
built him little raft, and started on bis
"down#ard career" His know edge Of
navigation being somewhat limited, .
duckipg was the consequence; but,
nothing daunted, he again made the trial.
aud. we learn. safely trayersed on his
frail bark tue six miles to bis home. We
propose him as Grants next Secretary Of
the Navy. le.s 4irh
w.
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ANNA Cora MowATT RITcHIE writes
theatrical letters from London to the San
Francisco Chronicle. She speaks OF Ada
Isaac Menkens death as follows: "I
learn from private source that the Pari-
sian physician who attended Miss Menken
in her last illness declares that the con-
sumption which terminated in her death
was caused by the strap with which she
was bound to the horse as Mazeppa 1t is
a singular coincidence that the first words
of her books of poems, which had been in
press for some months before she was
taken i'll, but only appeared few days
after she died, are, " Yes, | am dead
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