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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

TTron, Hon. 3. Johnson Barbour, Rector % IN
Board of Visitor Of The University Of val
VIRGINIUs DABNEY, Esq,
MY DEAR SIR The lapse of another year
enables me to speak more decidedly as 10 INC
merits of your system of education; and IL
is no less my duty than my pleasure TO say
that both as 10 literary culture and moral
training l do not believe there is q better
have evidently the happy talent of stimulat-
Ing a fondness for study in your scholars,
whilst you lose no opportunity of quicken quick
Venerable in life. | continue to congraIu-
late myself that my son was placed under
your charge, as his progress in all resp sa
il wonid be unjust in me to withhold this
voluntary tribute to your excellence as
| teacher. ,oa, T
| Wishing you great and deserved successl
| am, sir with high respect and great regard,
Faithfully your friend,
| b. JOHNSON BARBOUR.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

MADISON RUN SrArioN.-lt is the opih-
ion of every human being who has got
ten on OF off at this station, that IL Is
the most inconvenient on the whole line
of the road. Tongue can hardly tell It's
manifold inconvenience. Prayers LOT
a better state of things have been Oh
fered to the Directory in vain. why
don't the wealthy farmers who live near
this station build suitable Office at
suitable point and wait tor the Compa-
ny to repay them. No other remedy
seems possible.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
sthpQls.
IOnnOuN SCHOOL.

MIDDLEBURG, LOuDOUN OouNI A.
TIVE design of this school IS to give o
4 thorough preparation icr the UNIV eiS4'''
or the bust Tess OF life. -, q, 1901. 90
The ffth session viii open on ne lr is 70, on
September next and close on inc Ioth Oh Ii,o
,,jis shnnid he present on;the opening day.
A long sojourn in Paris enables the FIN IN
cipal TO promise unusual advantages 70 pu-
pills DESTROYS of acquiring thorough know Nv
French language. a,
MT. John Lee Logan will have charge Oh
the Mathematical branches.
In sieht of the Blue Ridge Mountains, ia
what is called the Piedmont Region OF VIZ;
ginia. he heathfulness Of the clinate, sno
the refinement of the society CT this porOiV"
of the State, are we'll known.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

TERMS $500 per session.
Circulars sent on application.
July 9. lS69.-3m. v. OADNE1.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
s4ERM4Sis III o,u 90 This distip.

SHERMAE's III o7U e. This distin-
guished raider, who achieved undying
fame by destroying whole States, while
his men pillsged and burnt the houses of
defenseless women, has just had sub
stantial proof of the approval of this
meritorious conduct on the part of a
grateful people by having presented to
him as handsome house as any he ever
burned. The house is luxuriously fur
nished, and is insured against fire. 1t
seems that our great men arsonot above
Swapping up such unconsif need triHes as
houses and lots which their toadies may
thrust at them, although they pay, for
age, and communication enough for fuel
and quarters to live independent of the
aims of tnft hunters How striking the
contrastto this is the conduct of. the IL
lustrious Lee. He was offered money
and houses in England and Virginia, but
he declined them all with dignity. The
greatest captain of the age preferred to
be daily teacher, and be independent,
to living in luxury and ease off of the
contributions of whole people. AS
Sherman sits in his bran new drawing
room by rousing fire, let him muse on
the ashes Of the hundreds of happy
homes he ruthlessly gave to the flames.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
The Author OF 81. Elmo.

The editor of the Charleston
Carolina) News lately visited II
in an account of his trip, says:
Ia the evening had the 7ar
calling on Mrs. Wilson, Miss
j. Evans), the author of Beulah, MacS
ria and ST. Elmo Mrs Wilson is a tail,
slender lady, with brown hair, a pale
face, rather long nose and small eyes.
Her forehead is high and her expression
someEhat grave, but when she smiles her
countenance lights up wondrously, and
becomes almost beautiful. Mrs. Wilson
is now copying the manuscripts of new
novel, for WHICH she is said to have been
offered $751; 900 by an enterprieing young
New Yorker The name of the new
novel is not known, and I have some
curiosity to see a work written in the
middle of such racket as that made
by rooster chicken, and guinea fowl in
Mrs. Wilson's beautiful home.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
tkman WHOLESALE Price


Cknaan Wholesale Prices.
DALE ROPE, per lb a2alsc.
BAGGING, per lb, % X SOC.
ALCOHOL, q gallon, 5 5OG6 90.
AXES, q dozen, 13@17 90.
BACON-Hams, plain, l8c.
- Canvassed, 20c.
+" Sugar Cured, 22c; c. Sides 1sc
/" Shoulders, sc
PORK-S to &c g 10.
EGGS. per dozen, 10c.
BUTTER, 20@25c. e 10.
BEESWAX -(030c. p fb.
NAVY BEANS, 2 80 per bushel.
BLACKING % doz 65ls5.
BUCKETS, p dozen, 2 25Ga3 10.
BR0OMS, p dozen, g 25(13 so.
BROWN SHEETING, q yard, 1Sa20c.
CANDLES, Star, 1920.
COFFEE, Rio, 23@26c.
1" Java, 4O(6l45c.
CHEESE, W. r. q ID 21c.
81 L. d. q fb@22c.
q Factory, pc.
CRACKERS, "a q 9G,10c.
CASTINGS, p ID, 798.
COTTON YARNS, q dozen, 20@22c.
COAL OIL, p gallon, 40c per Dbl.
FLOUR, Z 00@512 90.
WHEAT, p bushel, 81 so.
FEATHERS, q fb 5O@6Oc.
GUNPoWDER, q keg 81 00a$7 so.
GUNNf BAGS, 23c.
HAY, p ton l5a-.
HIDES, green. &c. a f
"a dry l5a20c.
HORSE SHOES q fb &c.
Nails p ID 27@s5c.
LARD OIL, p gallon, 81 so.
LARD, q ID 18c
LEAD, q 10 124 c.
MoLASSES, y. o. Sugar H, q bbl, csc.
81 2 half bbls l 90.
NEAL Il bushel, SOC.
MAcKEREL, in kits, 50 oo@s 25c.
q" - half bbis $12 90.
tkeys, S12 90.
NAILS, p keg, So so rates.
CORN, in sacks, % bushel SOC.
ONIONS, p bushel, 81 25G91 so.
POTATOES, Irish, early kinds, So 90 to
per barrel. E90tr
RICE, q fb 11a12lc.
SUGAR. Brown, p ID 17@1sc.
g Crushed, 22c.@
SALT, coarse, in sacks, So 90.
q per BARREL SO 80.
SHOT, per bag, 25CGs3 so.
STONEWARE, p gallon, 18c.
TOBACCO, Manufactured, per lb Goa 90
TALLOW, per Id case.
CEMENT, louisville, SO 25.
WHITE LEAD, 14a17c.
WHlSkEY, common, per Dbl l 15a1 25.
Rye and Bourbon, 2 00a2 so
Robinson CO 25a2 75.
BRANDY, Apple, 81 75a3 so.
IRON, bar size, 81
PRINTS 121 to 16c.
JEANS, per yard, 30aS1 90.
LlNSEY, per yard, 30a50c.
LEATHER, kip skins S4 O0a7 so.
sole, per Id. 40 45c.
upper side, So 5Oa4 so.
CATTLE, nett per Id &c.
WASH BOARDS, per dozen, So 25 a 80
PL0WS, Steel, Ss3a121.
HUBS, S2a4 90 per sett.
FELLOES So 00a5 90.
WAGONS, $l15a130.
STEEL Cast, NJ. B. A., 2Oa27c.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

The youngest man elected President
of the United States is General Grant,
who will be AZ years old on the 23d of
April next. Washington was 81; John
Adams 81, Thomas Jefferson 81, Madi-
son So, Monroe 58, John Quincy Adams
50, Andrew jackson oyer 60, Martin
Van Buren 81, William Henry Harrison
67, james X. Polk 49, Zachary Taylor
63, Franklin Pierce 4S. James Buchanan
65, and Abraham Lincoln nearly 81,
when they were elected.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

OF Tenn The Radicals
Senator Fowler. of Tenn, out
pdseg A Washington dispatch
that, being considered as no longer
6ember of the Republican party, the
mmittee have agreed to recommend
hat he beasked to stay away from the
tparty caucnses in future ~
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

LrH OF QUEEN YIeToRIA
pondent of an English paper
and that her Majesty's health
but good, and she herself
fes the public duties awaiting
Nervousness approaching to
indoor ceremonies have a
ei5cet upon her, and standing
+ ]of time leads to violent
ckness and faintness,"
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

The impression of those who have
recently visited Utah is, that the Nor
mons will soon break up, and that Brig
ham Young, who is worth some millions
of dollars, will go to some other CLINE,
where he can enjoy his wealth and the
society Of his fayorite wives.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

i Hon. JOHN SoMERs, the present in
<cunbent, is solicited by the members Of
barda Dresden, Tenn, to announce
self as candidate for re election to
<of6ce of Chancellor of the 9th Di-
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

FIRE-The grocery store of A. Good
hart Paducah. was destroyed by Ere on
|oday night last.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

NJ is estimated that 1000 militia will
y = .de State of Tennessee s75, 900 per
18th or nine hundred thousand dollars
annum. This estimate of course
doss not include any loss of private
IsOper9. ! {. ylI - H.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

x: JouN f. MILLER, a dentist, and
6ka f1fmerly resident of Fulton
s., was found dead near Paris,
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

nation called "Anti-Ku-
boat seventy strong, entered
!|It, Ala, las. week, but disturb
g Que. They boldly proclaim their
ntion g ayenge every outrage of the
lux Aians zA
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
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Recommended by the Best Physicians, and
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the leading men and newspapers
throughout the country.
Read the following from " Brick Pome-
roys' paper. the La Crosse Democrat, in its
issue of May 18th, 1868:
ssR o SA "a LIS"
We never commend think 10 the pub
lie until we know just what it is, and that
is why, having the greatest confidence in
the preparation, can earnestly recon-
mend to suffering public, DR.. lawrence s
compound extract of Rosadalis.
. Ii is unriyalled as a blood purifyer, and
is q certain cure for Scrofula in all its vari-
Gus forms, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Eyes,
Eruptions of the Skin, and all diseases OF
the blood, liver, kidneys aud bladder. Af-
ter eradicating every species of humor and
bad taint it restores the system to a healthy
and vigorous condition, and never produces
the lightest injury in any shape
Unlike patent quack medicines, ths
/ Rosadalis is not compounded Of unknown
! ingredients, but the list of articles from
which it is compounded is published and
wrapped about each bottle, and wherever il
has been introduced the Medical Faculty
have most highly recommended it.
sDr Lawrence has thousands Of the bes
kind of testimonials from sufferers wh'
i have beer relieved through the medium o
! Re>sdaIfs. 4s soon as it became littl'
v99wn. IL was extensively used, and th
). .snu facturere found it necessary 10 remov'
- If;mares-in n order to he able to suppl,
- Acclaimed demand.
5sadalis is everything that
3 it, which fact is evidenced b.
s:e % sale, and the good reputation
"A 10 7Iealy Obtained. DIR. J. J. Lawrene
1operfUsoie proprietors and manufacturer,
E5a9. re, Maryland" rne
II O S A d A Iecu- bntsF
Sold wholesale by aie ~Cuited ~
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

ago. these lines and an invalid physician while visiting the
St. experienced and witnessed surprising ana
beneficial effects of the Rum there produced upon the invaE who were Ee
oursves seeking inquiry and investigation obtained u history
medicinal delighted and surprised and after his own recovery
which o occurred determined possible the sole right manufacture
and senM the United States -
glorious fer himself ana suffering nun'
thus made known to the world FAN
article merit founded upon new principles ana
vegetable rits medicinal effects worked raFa ~
medicine household word all over the Vlnzeo
Tlsso aInsn health and the demand 'r
abilities rrcr 70 supply
Notwithstanding Of cr0x Rum made expressly 0F the CON-
pounding quantity inadequate It therefore became necessary
scale abroad should onee be Iaae ana an assns
that lie was fortunate IN securing ana
plantations Of the largest and most productive eEes On 'ns
erected as y magic which utterly aston
experienced and natives Of the were Ef
rroets of the PLANTATION slTTEEs were IN 2'0n
supply laboratory fEy pure ST. croz Rum needed IN
turing AND INvTaoRAToa The above cut represents
crushing otherwise It for the sts ana presses
anae ard Agre Intermittent and Gaaous Fs aa
the PLANTATION slIERS is unsurpassed N me
history bottles disposed OF annually they a
old and and female They are eeene Taste ana A"s
produce immediate beneficial result
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
JOHN BULLS WORM DEsTROYfR
Parents Read This Important Letter Xos -.
Interested in its Contents.

-
I1teTested IN its Contents.
MDDLErows, Ind April 26, 'ee ~
Mr.. n. L. Duplan writes: do not know
that Bulls Worm Destroyer needs any mere
recommendations than it has already attain@~
ed by its own merits, but will state that my
little son, aged about three years, was se-
verely attacked last fall and winter with
light spasms, or perhaps more properly fts,
lasting from half an hour to one and half
hours at the same time the child had stronR .
symptoms Of worms. My physieian-ons
of the best in this part Of tho countryside
hausted all his skill and the Materia Msdisa
10 expel the worms, and entirely failed q
bring any. / thought "John Bull' cot
do it, and gave tho child the contentst
three boxes, in triple doses, night aud
ing, with happy results Ths child
had a spasm for over three monthsf
stead of the bloated mass that hsted
now well and hearty. John Brlhe
Yours, truly, n. L. DgI
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

O1n JERRY," stallion belonging
- asney spf Eicking county, o.,
Pc ny Jeafs old the comipg spring,
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
THE DEPOT HOTEL
EO R Hg E ENE.

NyHE DEPOT HOTEL, on gravel road, or
posite the Railroad depot, together with
J the furniture belonging to same, is for rent
for the year 1869. For particulars apply to
or address, DODDS.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

THE reported death Of
CrOcket, published extcDsivelj
was a mistake.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
FOR CONSTABLE.

We gre authorized to Rpnounce GEORGE
II. H<1LBoURN, the pr ent incumbent, as
: Qoo1i iaate for re-elecfDn to the Office of
ln,L this district
horized to announce Capt. J.
(tTeN, as candidate for Consta-
Is Civil District, at the ensuing 9
1ion Inev2ltd
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
ss;,a.rs AVG saw nothin,

kne IlttIt MISSES IetI lAtM-
e; they are saucy; indepen-
|aSkafd, coquetish. and hence lose
opportunities which do not
5epselyes at later age. The
g opinion that if a young girl
make matrimonial hit in life
lit betveen the ages of ff-
enteen. 1t is at this age that
sets in in the affairs of wo-
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

to supply our s;s.orthwes - gances
friends in New art Of Nj - Ord
allied. when asesi i0ek "a .,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-25

You, Madam, you dared to beat my
child" I'll have you arrested !" burs
out the ex-Dictator, in his loftiest style
Then rose the DANES old Scottish
blood. She laughed laugh of bitter
scorn, as she responded, in the tone of q
Jennie Geddes and with the gesture of a
Meg Merrilies, " You have me arrested
You! Why, mon, we hae but just es
capped hanging by the skin of your teeth,
and ye are no safe yet. How dare you
talk of arresting me, ye arragant old
rebel! Do we tax me for one of your
runaway slaves that ye come clustering
and blatherskiting about hsre?'
Thus Scotia, and yet longer she would
doubtless have discoursed, carrying the
war into Africa" if this new Pretendel
had not retreated from the field, falling
back in some disorder. But the threat
ened arrest was not made. The old lady
remained Scot free on her premises, and
from that day her strawberry beds were
inviolate, and her garden bounds were
respected. She had conquered peace
AdUdnce,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-25

Twenty years ago young man who
had paid attentions to bright, sweet
girl for long time without making any
thing that was even second cousin to a
proposal, was startled one evening by
the question, Robert, do you want to
marry me ?" He tried to evade the point
by asking why she put such question to
him. i" Because, if you do not want to
marry me you must stop coming to see
me. No moeking-bird around the red
breasts nest, you know. Robert took
the hint, and with cool good night,
walked home. What should he care for
a girl so rude as that? Good company
as hers elsewhere. He would join the
club the next day. He tried to sleep,
but couldn't. He didn't quite like the
turn things had taken. The figure
plagued him. Ifh was mocking-bird,
who was the red-breast that he was keep
ing away from such fitting partner ?
AT any rate, one thing is certain, Ed
ma is smart as she is pretty" he said to
himself, "And she means business
And the next morning Robert went to
the counting-room, when presently Joe
Mason came in and said, {" tell you
what it is, Bob, you were lucky in keep
ing out Of the club. 1 have just paid
another assessment of fifty dollars, and,
what is worse, / meet such expensive
friends there that it costs more than l
can earn to keep it up.0 Twas just think
ing of joining the club" said Robert
1t will be cool five hundred year
out of pocket, and precious little satis-
faction and no home feeling at that"
said his friend. Robert hummed tune
when left to himself 1t was long day.
Business had dragged. Everybody was
preoccupied, hurried, cross. Things went
wrong. Hewas glad to go home, only it
wasn't home. He took book, but found
himself trying to read the Goals in the
CRATE and figures on the wall instead of
the page. He threw himself on the
lounge, but it was dreadfully dull. He
stood it for while, and then put on his
hat and walked down to the widow Cra-
gie's. He stepped up to the door as usu-
al, but Edna was engaged. He asked to
have her called. It seemed month be-
fore she came down. At last she appear
ed. He rose from his seat and met her
in the middle of the room, and said,
Edna, have come here tonight on
business. ! am tired of being your
mock;ng bird, and want to be your red
breast; will you be my wifef" When,
do you say p said Edna, her face sufus-
ed with bushes. Soon as can make
nest, dearest" Robert replied. 81 be-
lieve both the red-breasts join in build
ing the nest" said Edna, and Iwant
to do my part" This was twenty years
ago. To-day one of the handsome man.
sions in one of our cities is the nest of
welded pair, whose life has been sweet
as birds song, and whose hearts, like
their affections, are as young as ever
There is great deal more in putting
little straightforward business at the be-
ginning of life than is generally suppos-
ed.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-25

LINCOLN A THIEF AND A ScoUNDREL
The following ancedote of Lincoln is
furnished usby a friend, who vouches for
it as a true and actual occurrence
President Lincoln has left behind
him the reputation of being an honest
man but heard him called dishonest,
and know of one occasion where he gave an
individual ample cause to pronounce him
SO. 1t was when General Corcoran was
at Williard's Hotel, soon after his re-
lease from Richmond. The President
had invited him to dinner, andhda driven
around to the hotel in his own carriage,
to take him to the White House. 1 was
at the time standing talking to a friend
near the entrance Of the hotel, where a
crowd had assembled to catch glimpse
of the gallant Corcoran when he should
come out. just then the Presidents car
riage drove up, and a servent was sent
inside to give notice to the general.
As the President sat waiting in the
carriage, a deformed and poorly clad
man reached over into the vehicle, and
presented him with dingy looking doc
ument- setting forth some claim to char
ity. Mr.. Lincoln slowly unfolded and
looked at it, as if reading. But the af-
fairs of state were weighing heavily on
his mind, and he held the paper SO long
in the same position, any one could have
seen, that he was neither thinking Of. the
beggar by his side nor the document in
his hand. Though his eyes were SEEM
ingly fixed upon it for full FIVE minutes,
it was evident he was altogether uncon-
scious of it or its contents. just then
the general came out and got into the
carriage, the President quietly folded up
the poor mans paper, and with one hand
slipped it into his pocket, while the other
was extended to his distinguished guest.
Up to this time the crowd was cr-
riously scanning the President, and the
odd-looking individual who stood beside
him soliciting his charity. But, as Mr..
Lincoln was seen cody putting the pa
per in his pocket, the effect was irresist-
ible, and a burst of laughter broke from
the bystanders.
" As the carriage went whirling away,
the alms-seeker became very indignant
asking every one who it was that had
stolen his paper, and loudly proclaiming
the man to be and thief scoundrel."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-25

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGo.--One
hundred and ten years ago, there was
not single white man in Ohio, Ken
lucky, Indiana or Illinois. Then, what
is now the most fourishing part of Amer
lea, was as little known as the country
around the mountains of the moon. 1t
was not until 1857 that Boone left his
home in N. Carolina to become the first
settler of Kentucky. The first pioneers
of Ohio did not settle until twenty years
after this time. A hundred years ago,
Canada belonged to France, and the
whole population did not exceed mil
lion and half of people. A hundred
years ago, the great Frederick of Prus-
sia was performing those great exploits
which have made him immortal in mill
tary annals, and with his little monarchy
was sustaining single-handed contest
with Russia, Austria and France, the
three great powers of Europe combined.
A hundred years ago, Napoleon was not
born, and Washington was modest col
onel, and the great events in history of
the two worlds, in which these great but
dissimilar men took leading parts, were
then scarcely foreshadowed. A hundred
years ago, the United States were the
most loyal part of the British Empire,
and on the political horizon no speck in
dicated the struggle which within a score
of years thereafter established the great
republic of the world, A hundred years
ago, there were but four newspapers in
America. Steam-engines had not been
imagined, and railroads and telegraphs
had not entered into the remotest concep-
ton of man. When we come to lcok
back at it through the vista of history,
we find that to the century passed has
been allotted more important events, in
their bearing upon the happiness of the
world, than almost any other which has
elapsed since the creation.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-25

ScoLDING.-I never knew scolding
person that was able to govern family.
What makes people scold Because they
cannot govern themselves. How. then,
can they govern Others Those who gov.
ern well are generally calm. They are
prompt and resolute, but steady and
mild.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-25
POLICIES WRITTEN IN THE

Any amount and every class of Insurance required
be placed at this Office in the best Companies,
and at as low rates at any agency in the country.
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-25

Adversely exasperates fools. defects
towards, draws out the faculties of the
wise and ingenious, puts the modest to
the necessity of trying their skill, awes
the opulent, and makes the idle industri-
Gus. Much may be said in favor of ad-
versity: but the worst of it is, it has no
friends.