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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1869-11-04
TO IIOUSEKEEPERS

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The Elastic Sponge Mattress
Is the healthiesr. cleaucst. most elastic durable
and bssi Bed in the world.
Tie Elastic Sponge Pilors
Are light. sort sweet, and free from an unhealthy
and disagreeab,e odor as most feathers have.
The Elastic Sponge Ca,iioHs
For Church. Carriage or Chsir, is far superior to
even best curIed hair which is never ioundiu such
articles alwavs retaining the tUllncss. very COM
Portable and much cheaper than good hair.
The E'r..i- Sponge IN Frai,are
I, much better than hair az /; is always free from
moths. and an insect life and SO permanently e.
Iastic as to keep the covers constantly full, thus
,55fr- Greatly u the beauty ot the Furniture.
TIE E'a,'ie Spoa1s Goods
Are selling rapidly. and everybody likes them
send nr Pamphlets. giving fun particulars, with
price list of goods
Local AgeH's Waa'cd.
An t-opt wanted In every Town in the State, 70
whom viii be given the exclusive sale OF these
General Agent,
am. Howard St, Baltimore.
Sept so, ls5g-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1869-11-04

.=s-The FRrE Pass is published weekly at Tro
Dollar. and Fif,y Cenis per oasun IN Odeanee.
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COMMERCIAL AND FNkNCIAL.
The Public FUNDS.

From Henry CZetrs d Co.'S Cfrcular, July Is.
= United States bonds have been and
are now regulated almost entirely by
the operations OF the Government. For
some time past, the foreign markets,
especially the German, have been
heavy, and there can be little doubt,
from the general tenor OF advlces, thar
a large amount of bonds are being car
ried there by dealers-a condition OF
things the more unfavorable from the
fact that there is at present someWhat
stubborn reaction from the late specu-
lative excitement on the Frankfort
bourse. We are thus temporarily de-
prived of the usual foreign demand for
bonds; we say temporarily, for 1t ap-
pears likely that the usual purchases
Of foreign bondholders, for the rein.
vestment of the July interest, will re-
lieve the European markets OF the
present over supply and prepare the
way for a renewal of orders to buy
on this market. The absence OF
the European demand, however,
Is more than compensated by the
heavy purchases of the Government.
The transactions not only produce 9
comparative scarcity of bonds, but, by
appreciating the public credit and pre-
pairing the way to the ultimate funding
OF the Six Per Cent Debt at lower
rate Of interest, naturally tend to pro-
duce an approx imation between the
value Of gold and the value of bonds.
It is this process which is now forcing
up the prices of Governments to such
extraordinary figures. The extent TO
which this appreciation may be carried
must depend upon the amount of sur
plus revenue, the extent to which the
Secretary OF the Treasury may feel at
liberty to employ his surplus in this
way, and the ultimate endorsement OF
his policy by Congress. For the imme-
diate future, however, the purchase OF
S1O.O00.000 during the latter half Of
July, concurrentiy with an easy money
market, can scarcely fail to prod uce an
advance upon current prices. To day,
the Bank OF England further reduced
its rate of discount to 3per cent. which
is an element favorable to the early re-
covery of the tone of the foreign mar
kets for our securities.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-20
treatment OF scarlet Fever.
PoUaHKERPsIB, July II, 1859.

DIR. Charles T. Thompson reports in
the Lancet his manner of treatment in
scarlet fever as follows: The patient is
immersed in warm bath in the early
stage Of the disease, and this is repeat
ed frequently, or az often as the strength
of the patient will allow. a.. The first eff
feet Is TO produce q soothing and re-
freshing feeling in the patient, to be
followed Boon by such an eruption on
the surface, OF SO vivid color, and in
such amount as would astonish those
who have never witnessed It. Thus one
of the greatest dangers of this fearful
disease-the suppression of the eruP-
tlon-is escaped. The appetite general
ly returns after the first or second bath,
and, the strength of the patienkis Kept
upi by nutritious food. The3bath pre-
vents the dissemination OF the disease,
by removing the excreta from the skin
as soon as it is deposited This treat
ment promotes circular desquamation.
The body should be gently dried by
soft linen cloths after the bath. By this
procedure the various secretions are
deprived of their Enoxious properties,
and the irritation of internal organs is
quickly relieved, thus dissipating in
lection. Another benefit Is that a very
serious case iS soon reduced to mild
one, and tiief patient recovers' in less
than half the usual time. Since DIR.
Thompson has pursued this practice
during the last fifteen years-he has
never lost q patient from scarlet fever.
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THE FRENCH GABLE FLEET.
Rough Weather Encountered Between
Brest and st. Pierre.

BEG9G anu SGs EloEECs
NEW YORK, July 10.
The .HernItl'S special from Sidney
Cape by way of Boston on the 18th,
says the French cable fleet was engaged
in completing the laying of the ocean
line from Brest to st. Pierre, Miquelon.
They experienced heavy gale OF wind
accompanied by thunder and lightning,
The steamer William Corri which
had finished the laying of her portion
of the wire, found 1t too stormy to at
tempt the work of transferring the end
remaining on board to the Skandorie,
the ship freighted with the main
portion of the wire, and there
fore buoyed 1t at sea, after which
one squadron made for and put
into Mira Bay, Cape Breton. This
movement swas absolutely necessary
for the purpose of repairing a slight
damage which had occurred to the
playing-out machinery fitted on board
the Chiltern, which was occasioned by
a partial collision between that vessel
and another during Friday night, Sir
James Anderson and friends landing,
and came into Sydney over land, In
tending to proceed next morning by
way of "Bras. d" or the lake to Hall
fax and Boston. --''-H
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-20
The Assessment OF tho b. d o. r. r.
HEADsvILLE, W. VA, July 10, '69.
Editors OF the Intelligencer:


AS tax payer, through your widely
circulated paper / desire to express my.
utter establishment at what I believe to
be the very unjust and improper re-
port OF the Commissioners appointe
no the Board ofPnblic Works to assess
the property of the B. & o. r. R.. Com
panY in this State. Under the provis-
ions OF section 81, chapter 29, 1t Is made
their. duty. to- examine as far as
practicable all the taxable property
Of such railroad = company within
each of the counties OF this State
and to assess the fair UaIue
thereof in money. for the purpose OF tax
alton upon the principles hereinbefore
stated. That part of the section here
and declares Hthey shall list for taxa
tion, at its true VGEae IN Ca'loesy, all the
property, money, credits ana install
;mentsg of such company OF Whatever
Kind, : The duties of the commissioners
thus clearly, yet I grant complicated
and intricate; set forth, in the discharge
of their duties do We lind them faiths
Nay, verify. Take their own words they
say tthey have e1dedV0red to adopt q
system that would be likeIy'to promote
and encourage enterprises of that char
acter." Thus taking the liberty to violate
Legislative enactment as well as the
organic law OF Inc oLAt9s 4ue CdplthA
stock OF this company Ia selling at a
high premium and is netting large
ner cent on twenty five smillions "a very
moderate estimate of the value OF their
property in this State)., By the action
IF this Commission they are for the pur-
pose Of "promoting and encouraging
Stom tile payment OF near three fourths
~ their lust taxes-securing to them
oaIvas =, yerv large amount not to pro-
note like enterprises but to prevent
thono hv buvfnE3 others ont &c., And
apart apart nom all l'thst they are d released e
from the payment Of their just. taxes
and you and: ] and othertax PAYERS I. ,S,1 o,
the State are called upon 10 make akensrt ~ " I
Ghich is ALREADY assessed at e Yalue
which asa rule nett us g far lower PEI
can't e''s ''Es'E77 f.ssosl q 9, "a TAX PAYER
,JitEsEl6, 1e69.aJlIiIE . II -,
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Now York Ontlle market.

CATTLE-A total of 6,s76 beeves for
the week proves more than are wanted
even at fully 1zc decline: some OF
the 1926 on sale to-day, z, ,280 OF them
at Communipaw were sold at a cent
decline from this day week; fat cattle
going at lac on the scales 81 pounds to
the cwt. The market is not uniform,
sellers being disposed to cut loose from
their droYes in some shape; besides the
above fresh cattle there were $50 State
animals on sale to-day. Trade slow
and about 500 held over. Few really
fine cattle were in the yards, and l6c
was paid for a very small number or
the best; prime steers were plenty at 15c;
good at lac, and poor all the way from
10 to l3c: the average being less than
l41<c. q lot of 1876 Texans 31<a6 cwC poor
sold at 1Oa11c: 40 others good, "a cWt'
12c. 2O0 GOOD nlinoians ~ cwt. 14a15H.
SHKRP-28, $50 in market to. Day; 9, ls0
mostly thin sheep. Prime lots WanIeu
and are worth from Go TO &c; 1as lambs
sen well at 11a117zc; thin at ea4Oc;; a3tA SAFES
car Of state lambs, So pounds, at 1OHc;
car Of -48 poundsiat Sc; car oII64 ponnds
nrime 1i1<c; lambs 4Ac; car OF sc
pounds at 60; car Of StateS 96pounds,at
Hoas-Are 6rmer, with 20.140 for the
.veeIr and, 70 oars to. day. The ring Is
hroIzen and buyers are forced to pay
-fhe asking rates of 81 to 9Hc 1ns Chi-
teano. Dressed hogs advanced to EXC
here, with nolsalesof alive. The market
.is very firm"ag;io u Z'.ezaa sdI %
Lgo,
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Know When Your Time CemeS.

Mary GUNNER <1nleS an Le NeW 1OTh 4Hths-
..-.....- RSndens. r r-s-- y--sg-
You are beautiful to-day; many wor-
ship you. You will wake up some
morning and find your beauty gone,
your worshippers kneeling at other
shrlnes. You have power to-day-so
much it seems to you that the world
your world at least, could not get on.
without you. Some day you will come
suddenly to the knowledge that your
power has gone, your burdens have
dropped upon other shoulders, your
honors are worn by other men; and the
world, even your world, gets on with
out you. Life offers no lesson to NOR
tails as hard to learn, no lesson hiding
in its truth SO keen sting to self'1ove
as this, that your prime has passed.
and that you must make room for 9TH
ers, that the flower OF your beauty, the
flower of your genius are In their de-
cline; that you must wait In the shad-
ow, while the younger bask In the
splendor that you have left behind.
How few are ever willing to admit that
their time has come to- learn it. Thus
it Is that we see so many women retus-
ing to grow old gracefully. Instead of
wearing their years as q crown, mellow
and beautiful In the light of their de-
clining sun, they deck grey hairs and
wrinkles with a hideous counterfeit of
youth. This is. why we see writer's wrl-
ting on regulations. which they have
long outlived; writing after they have
ceased to have anything to say, except
to repeat what they said better years
and years ago. This is why we see
men, once in power, still imagining
themselves important, and in garrulous
and important speech evoking the
ghosts OF q dead reputation In the coun-
ellis Of younger men. 2 -,.
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THE Western people have q variety of
projects for meeting the exigencies of
their increasing trade and production.
The favorite st. Louis enterprise Of
building several ocean steamers to run
direct from that city to Liverpool, by
way Of the Mississippi river, has been
abandoned, for two reasons: first,
because the subscriptions were limited;
and second, as the Chicago Tribune
quietly suggests, because any foreign
steamer coming up the Mississippi
would 90 direct to Chicago by the now
constructing steamboat canal and river
Improvement The st. Louis papers
are now urging a Mississippi River
Convention at Keokuk. in August, to
take steps to build up the commerce of
the river-the main idea being to form
valley ship. p.building company, with
capital enough to supply the river with
propellers to run in connection with
the barge lines from New Orleans to all
points in the world where a'good trade
can be built up.
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PRICES.

Hoonand's German 'Bittera. per bottle q oe
q : '..'s - - /" ihRlfdoxan 500
Hoonand,s German Tonic, put mp In quart
botfleg, 81 50 per bottle or . han dozen 1or
~no mot forget to examine well the ar
ticla Won l5uv.Fin order toEet the genuine.
For sale by Druggists and Dealers " ia4!s Ned
cine eYeryWneEe' .guii1i 3GJ t9E47
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sT.LOULs.
Change OF Gauge ON the Missouri
pasa Pacific BaIlrOad-A wonder.
fuI Feat.
ST. LOUIS, July 10.

pasa Pacific BaIlrOad-A wonder.
fuI Feat.
.- ..... ST. LOUIS, July 10.
The cost of changing the gauge OF the
Missouri Pacific Railroad aggregates
nearly eleven hundred Thousand dol~
lars, Including 46 new locomotives,
1886, ,375; $50 new cars S322,76I; altering
old engines and cars, S282, 900; altering
gauge OF track, $50, 500. When the old
locomotives and cars are changed to
suit the new gauge the road will have
the following equipment: Passenger
engines 35; freight engines 62; passen-
ger cars 4s; box cars 46s; stock cars 2S7;
fiat cars 266; baggage and express cars
90: caboose cars %: mail cars 6; miscel-
Ianeous z; total locomotives 81; cars
1,I29. There were ], $50 men engaged
in changing the gauge, and so COM
plete were the preparations and faclh-
ties for doing the work that the feat
was accomplished in the incredible
short time OF twelve hours, and without
the loss. or delay of single train.
The business OF the road Is progressing
to-day as usual and everything is
working smoothly and well. =
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Toledo.

JULY 19.-FLoUR-Dun and shade
lower; Xxx and fancy brands at s6.OOa
90.
5 GRA1N-Wheat-3a5c lower; amber at
81 41aI AK; white Michigan regular at
and nnchanged: No. 1 at SIC; No. 2 at
$40; rejected At 600. Oats-Quiet; Mich
igaft at ii 1<e: No. i at re. Rye-Quiet
and nominal, at SI10 for No. Land
Michigan q. ~ sli,ig ig'I ~ .e''i.' -''..'
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BYMAIL.

Carl Schurz has notified the Repub
lican State Executive Committee thai
he. will devote his time to thecampaign
in Ohio.
The question as to ownership OF the
so called JEFF. Davis mansion In Rich
mond, Is soon to be brought into court
It was bought by the city, in 1851, fol
tion of giving it to the Confederacy as 9
residence for its President. The Rebel
Congress declined to accept 1t, but au'
thorfzed it's rental for the useof JEFF
Davis. It fell. into our hands when
Richmond was captured, and has been
under control of the War Department
ever since Richmond fell. The City
Council now sets up u claim to 1t, and
is going to present q big bill for rent.
which It Is presumed the Department
will refuse to pay, and then suit ls to
be brought.
The full and free conference be-
tween Secretary Fish on the one hand,
and the French charge d'Ahairs and
Mr.. Watson, Agent of the French Cable
Company, on the other hand, have ap-
parently resulted In an agreement un.
der which the cable will be landed and
put at works. The agent will, 1t 1s un-
derstood, flea paper in behalf of the
Company, pledging IL to.abide by any
conditions Congress may impose, to
the end that there may be no monopoly
of privileges and rights. This is all
our Government asks, and all that was
embodied in the bill passed last winter
by the Senate, and favorably reported
in the House. If such a paper is filed,
the Government will make no objection
to the landing and the working OF the
cable.
Geo. B. Vashan, u colored man
formerly of New York, was admitted
to practice before the courts of the Dis
trict of Columbia, by Judge Fisher.
being the first person of his race &c
privileged. f4 q Z. .EE lEt}3tt
The Typographical Union of Wash
ington, has agreed by large majority,
to let the Congressional. printer have
twenty apprentices, which Is double
the present number. There is general
belief that some of the new hands will
be colored boys. The case fthe color
ed printer. Douglas, was put over to
next January.
Marshal Hale, OF Dayton, Satur'
day, arrested a man answering the
description IoE the fellow. suspected OF
numbering Mrs. Ormsbee. in Spring
field, last Wednesday, morning The
man was taken-to Springfield.
"A man in Cincinnati last Friday
morning being very warm, drank
three buckets of; water and shortly
after showed signs of being foolish or
insane. He was found dead in his
room, sitting IN his chair with his neck
| broken and the room door locked. The
jury rendered verdict that he "came
to his death from excessive heat and
drinking too much water" They
didn't take any account of his broken
neckYs}g III Igai1 haS DOTS ~
An organization of French Reputa
licans has been made In New York
with q view to- advancing the over
throw OF the Nepoleonic dynasty, and
securing American sympathy for
French Republicans.
In a week or two the friends of the
Rev. Mr.. ,Halleck, the clergyman killed
in the Erie disaster, will bring suit for
500, 900 against the company. The
claims OF nearl y all other sufferers by
the disaster have been settled by the
icompHnY. 80 = -..- - I-.g.
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OMAHA.
General Carr's victory Over the In
dIAn8.

General Carr'S Victory Over the In.
dIans.
ST. LOUIS, July 10.
Omaha dispatches say that Gen. AuI
CUR returned from Fort Sedgwick this
morning. Gen. Carr's victory Is more
complete than at first reported. Over
400 horses and mules we're captured,
with large quantity of powder, and
nearly five tons of dried Buffalo meat.
Among the killed is the noted chief
Standing Bull. About nine hundred
dollars was found In the camp, which
was given to Mrs. Weisel. white wo-
man recaptured. This was the same
body of Indians who last year fought
Gen. Forsyth, and recently committed
depredations in Kansas. Lieut.. Beech
er, of the Pawnee scouts, reports meet
ing small numbers of Sioux Indians on
the Republican river, and three of them
were killed and three wounded.
VALUATION OF NEBRASKA.
The State Assessor reports that the
total valuation of the taxable property
of Nebraska is $42,O0O,O0O. OF this
So, ,000, 900 is the property of the Union
Pacific Railroad. This shows the val
uation six times greater than in 1862.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN OMAHA. ..
Senator Thayer yesterday completed
arrangements with the banks to adj
vance $40, 900 to enable the architect to
commence work on the custom house
and post Office building.
Lieut.. Col. A. w. Bowman, 31st in
fantry, died last night and was buried
in the Sherman barracks with military
honors this evening.
r., MURDER AT FORT BENTON.
A Helana (Montana) dispatch says
Major Eastman and another man were
attacked and wounded, on the 18th, q
few miles from Fort Benton. when
the wounded men arrived at Benton
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.uoA3JknEsFnoarsoO q

J.ios of ate Supreme Court Of Ps''ss1 1y1.td'
PHILADE1PHIA,A April %, 1866.
10, - IToooAordIa German BItters. a
S9nsl1S4li I4ic;,'e in case OF attacks OF indi-
SesIIon or orSDyspepsia. (. = can can certify 'nlS
Pom nv exper1ence OF it. -.f..,r,t Il,
JAMES STH6adFSON."
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN OMAHA.
VIRGINIA.
Gen. Candy Requires the Legislature |
to take the IrOn.Clad Oath.


to take the IrOn.Clad Oath.
Ed. ....a. NEW YORK, July 10. I
A Richmond special says Gen. Cam
by has sent circulars to all the mem
bers of the Legislature elect, asking
each of them if they have qualified by
subscribing to the lron.clad oath. II
he ascertains a quorum of both houses
has qualified, he will issue his procla-
nation in about fifteen days, announce
ing the result of the election and calling
the Legislature together to ratify the
Fifteenth Amendment, and elect
United States Senators. The mem>
bers unable to qualify would
in this case remain sent till the Con-
stitution had been ratified by Congress
and the State admitted, when they
would present themselves and qualify
under the State Cons titution, from
which the test oath has been expunged.
Should there not, however, be found
quorum able to qualify by taking the
test oath, the commanding General will
then defer issuing his proclamation,
but will order new election to fill the
seats which will be declared vacant by
reason OF disability tolqualify as above,
NO Payment OF July. Interest on the
State Debt-ImmIEratIOn from
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CAUTION.

aooaapd,s 9ernaan Remedies are counter
,o;1a.5 see Ti,af ti1e signature Of q. n. JACK;
MN lie On fi1e wrapper Of each bottle; An
otpsrn Pe,orarel aS Sfica and Mandatory at the
German HedIcine Store, No. 6slARoH street.
PhiladelphiAy Pa. IL 2 y, ~, -, ,IsI,,,or,ator IN
y,.,.'l y. Formerly q. n. JACKsoNG q 20.
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DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
EHPLANAZION.
EIPLANA TION.

HooFLANDS GERMAN BITTERs Is
entirely vegetable. and contains no liquor.
II is a compound OF Fluid Extracts. The
Roots, Herbs, and Barks from htch these
extracts are made, are gathered In Ger;
many, all the medical virtues are extracted
extractB are then forwarded TO this country
10 be used expressly for the manufacture OF
this BitterB. There ts no alcohoilc subsLance
ters hence 1t free from all the objections IN
cident to the use OF liquor preparation.
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TIE Chicago Post says Judge Dent
who wants to be Governor of Mississip.
pi, is an ''arrant rebel.''r a# rr
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qntelkiqer1Fer;

IT IS announced that Virginia can
not meet her July intere at before Janu-
ary, II then. -, 49,. r.,-,--,-r
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ROBERT BONNER, OF the New York
Ledger, returned an income last year
OF $1sS. 600. The fruit of liberal and
judicious advertising. s,r. ...ss,......'
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Tho Situation in A1issIssIPpI-..Views
OF Gen, AmeS.

OF Gen. AmeS.
Gen. Ames, commanding the Dis
trict of Mississippi, and a number OF
Republican politicians from that State,
are In Washington. Gen. Ames was
sent for by the President, but arrived
toolate to see him before. he left Tor
Long Branch. Gen. Ames seems to be
strongly opposed to the Dent move
ment in Mississippi. He says there are
only two parties in that State, Repnb'
lican and Democrat-the former com
possd of loyal men, Sthelatter Of rascals.
There is not the same issue in the ap'
preaching election that there WIS in
Virginia. Both parties are. opposed
to disfranchiser1ene and the test oaths,
and are In, favor, tsimply,iSo { universal
amnesty and universal suffrage, and
the only question with the voters, is
Whethes the ofhcesin the gift ofthe State
shall be filled by Republicans or men
who were formerly rebels. Gen. Ames
thinks the Dent movement dangerous
to the peace and prosperity Of the State.
The men, who proposed to supportE him
are the former rebels. s'They& Will put
'ona of their own number on the ticket
with him, as a Lieutenant, and II they
succeed; they. WIN send Dent to the
United States Senates and thus secure
the control of the State organization
for. or.themselves. he says, further, that
the Republicans Will hold their con-
vention in about two months hence,
and will nominate q State Republican
Ticket. q ~ re So sEff5fE - ~