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The New York herald., 1871-08-22
BURIED ALIVE IN NEWARK.

Yesterday morning, about salf pasi rae O'CLOCK.
Thomas. hayden, laborer. IN the employ Of one
keogh. contractos, was crushed To eAath through
the caving IN on hun OF av emhankineut IN i,0oiu-
field avenue, tie was stilI alive when rescued bur
ne died soon aNsr. N ~ leaves ~ife snd three
Chidreu,
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HEsALD.

'tLt6RkM TO TIE NEW Y0EK hERALD.
MADRID, August 81, 1871.
The government is becoming more and more
popular. All the prominent liberals have given
their unqualified support 10 the Ministry, and salts.
faction is expressed at the proposed reforms and
retrenchments.
Already the Spanish budget has been reduced to
the amount OF 2s4, 900 pesetas
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

Tho Bscshoyen Centenary Celebrated AT
Bonn.
LONDON, August p, 1871.
The centenary OF the birth OF Beethoven, which
had been postponed from last year account OF
the Franco-German war. was celebrated with fes.
hvities and imposing ceremonies at Bonn, the BIRTH
place OF the composer, on Saturday last.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
1flEGRAKS 70 the NV YORK HERALD.

BERLIN, August 81, 1871.
The carpenters OF this city have struck for m In
crease Of twenty-five per cent IN their wages aud
the reduction OF a days labor to nine hours ana Il
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
ALGERIA.
Arrival OF Large Number OF Troops.
TEleGRAM TO the NEW YORK HERALD.

VERSAILLES. August 2l 1871.
despatch from Algeria announces the arrival %
a large number OF troops from France as Il rein
forcemen to thearmy OF Algeria.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

4 Positive Cure tor Fever and tsue.-Dr.
MORTIMER guarantees Satisfactory, permanrat cn.N
In all cssc, br accepts tee; unee "
wes fo,lgsh
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
SPAIN.

Great Reduction OF the Budget Confidence in
the Government
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
LIBERIA.

Prominent Personages of Color Coming to the
United States.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

4 i.uxmri.m, Head "r Hair and Cool, Cirna
rc.h, ,re yrrv Jrsirshe. CRlSrADeRuS HAIR rRE .
sERyATgyh wxt accomplish bath. fry IL.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

Bntchetor's Hair Dye-rhe Bes, IN the
word The only perfect dye. Harmless reiase, ns''h,-
nvous. At all druggists.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

Bew1,re of Cammtr rrfeits IN Putcba sing BaiFs
Vegetable Sclsn Hair Renewer. The gsDune pfsrs
revermc stamp three inches long, with iseneA OF W. HAL
the cork.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
A.-Ptalan'N New Pertaar.
l. LOVE you.
LOVE YOU.

A.--iierrias's Patent
CHAMPION SAFES.
g5J Broadway. corrsr Mtfrsy ssr.s
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

sstivma.' .'Civta,'' ssCivifa,r. the Nesf
toilet zricic. Every lady wants H. Sold hy 'RiirENruNs
No. Sixth avenue, aud All drugeists
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

Corps, Runons. EWiarsed J0iuss aud an
Diseases OF the fee cured "s ". ZtcuARlE, ~ unioW
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
IRELAND.
The Potato Crop Almost Ruined.
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

LONDON, August 2i, 1871.
The potato blight has developed 10 an alarming
extent ireland, ana 1t is feared that The crop is
almost ruined.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22

UNTCIi, AtIEnSO Y, MI.
A new ministry has been formed, with Hcgnen-
berg as sre.<dent
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
BAVARIA.
1ElEaRaM TO THE NEW YORK REaALn

A New Ministry Formed.
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
The Queen IiI-Mr. John Bright Recovered
An EIecIian In surreY.

LoSDoN, August n, 1871.
Queen Victoria, who remains al Ealmora, IS
again III.
non. John Bright has to great degree recovered
h's health. and WIN certainly resume his Parlla.
'heh'arv duties at the next session.
a" election Will be held in East Surrey on Thnrs-
""s next Tor member OF Parliament, to MI the
'aeAacv caused bv the death OF Nj, Charles Buxton,
The New York herald., 1871-08-22
GREAT FIRE ~ WNLIlMsr0Rr Pa.

Great Destruction af Property in Wiiiiun,s-
p0rt-Seyerai Business. BLOCKS Burued--Thc
Wavcriey Hotel and the MeInodist Ghurvk
in Huns--Foriy Buildings ~ Ashcs-i.o,s
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
The Paper Borrower and How to
Suppress Him.

II any man is guilty Of a meanness that is
utterly inexcusable, it is he who borrows from
another the'local paper.
There are very many such right here in
Charleston; the names Of score of whom
would roll from our tongue without an effort
and is noticeable and amusing that they are
the ones who most declare against the character
of the paper they beg. They comprise those
who complain of the lack Of news and the
surfeit of miscellany; who are very severe on
the paper because it gives a little too much
news, and is not, in consequence, exactly the
thing for the family ireside; who clamor for
more accounts of murders and kindred crimes !;
who are seriously offended if such accounts are
published, and are especially disaffected be-
cause the publishers they rob do not expsnd
hundreds of dollars for the latest kilograms and
full reports of everything else that occurs.
Rather than expend two and one-balf cents
daily to have the paper left at their doors, they
sustain the loss of dimes worth of leather
and hose in walking mile or more, and waste
two or three hours in search of one they shall
not pay for; finding which, they intrude upon
business mans time, occupy space for which
be pays rent, wear ont his furniture and his
carpet, beg bis tobacco, lit may be) spit upon
his polished stove, and thus in addition to their
meanness, proclaim themselves intolerable
bores and unabatabls nuisances.
Unfortunately, they are so numerous that
efforts to suppress them would seem futile but
we have plan to suggest, and, as they infest
every community where a paper is published,
we respectfully ask our contemporaries to ad-
wise with us as to its propriety.
Our plan IS to "spot the nusances, and to
publish and keep their names before the pub
lie as dead matter" until returning sense
of shame shall make them acknowledge their
meanness and induce them to pay for what
they consume, or to abandon the habit entire
We do not doubt that subscribers who are an
noyed by them, would gladly forward the
name of those who thus offend, and we feel as
sured that the subscription list of every paper
would swell materially, were the plan adopted
Shall we try it, brother editors ?-Kdnarha
Daily.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

joys and bliss Of the future world, they prefer
to have others 60 and enjny it.
This may be self abnegation or pure unselfish-
ness-Heaven knows!
"Arc you most rcady?" asked the ruflian
raising his knife as he saw the other hesitat d.
Ill give you just three minutes. and il the de-
vii is not here you'll he with the devil!'
"My friend" said the parscn. into whose
head brilliant idea ha popped, that there
is hell is a well-eatablished fact, as l can
prove by hundreds Of writer's, and that the
devil exists allows Of no contradiction; and
that have the power TO make him appear is
also true; but dreadful for you will be the
consequence if he does Better for you had
you never been born than to see Satan face TO
face in the wicked state in which you are in"
"D-n you, stop your preaching and call
the old boy 4! I'll stand the consequences; and
be quick, for times up"
The parson went to the Fireplace and took
hence brand, which he applied to the box Of
fax. 1t blazsd up almost like gunpowder.
and tie unearthly yell that issued from the
poor devil in the box was truly appalling.
With an acrobatic power Of the possession
of which be was himself unaware, he leaped
out Of the box, covered.from head to..foot with
burning fax. With roars aud howls Of agony
he made straight for the door, but he was not
30 quick as the owner Of the premises, for with
one look of terror. at the burning figure he fed
out Of the house Closely followed by bis "Sa-
tanic majesty.T
When theyiwere both gone the parson gavo
his hostess short but effective lecture on con-
nubial duties. after which he seated himself
comfortably before the fire.
When the woman's husband returned he
treated the parson with the greatest respect,
fully convinced that he hac the power to raise
the devil at will.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
TRIUMPHANT.

II Gold and Silver Medals
UTERE awarded to CH4S. N. STIEFF, for
w the best PIANOS over IL different Makers
of New York, Baltimore and Boston Manufac-
OFFICE AND NEW wARERoOMs,
No. 0 n Liberty ST., Baltimore, Maryland
The Stief7s Pianos contain all the latest i'm
provements to be found in first class Piano, with
additional improvements of his own invention not
TO be found in other instruments. The tone, touch
and finish of their instruments cannot be excelled
by any manufactured.
large assortment of Second Hand Pianos al
ways on hand, from S75 to $500.
Parlor and Church Organs, some 20 different
styles on hand from $50 and upwards.
Send for an Illustrative catalogue, containing
names of over |, 900 Southerners, 500 Of which
are Virgnians,) who have bought the Stief Piano
since the cose of the war.
August ~, 1871.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
MopERx ScRrrrURE.-Tho Sacramento

MODERN ScRIPTURE.-The Sacramento
Reporter is responsible for the following:
Last night we dropped into the C,smopoli-
tan Saloon, where an old-fashioned gamo Of
seven up" was going on. One of the players
held "strong" hand, wblo the other player
had but two trumps, the Jack" and "nine
spot" First came the "ace." followed by the
adversary's nine spot; then his king" follow
ed by other mans Jack" and the latter re-
marked..s as he played his last trump card, "Therc
goes the Angel Gabriel Our scriptual curiosity
being aroused, we asked why he had christencd
the Jack Of hearts" after the Angel Gabriel, to
which he.replied that when he played that, it
was his "ast trump"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

An amusing colloquy came off at supper
table on board OF one Of our Mississippi steam
boats, between a Chicago exquisite reeking with
oil and cologne, who was cursing the walters,
assuming very consequential airs, and a raw
Jonathan seated by his ride, dressed in home
spun. Turning to his vulgar friend, the for
mer pointed with his jeweled finger, and said:
'Buttah, sab 7
Yes, | see it is,' coolIy replied Jonathan.
Buttab, sar, say ierccly repeated the
dandy.
Yes, sir; know livery good aud first
rate article
Buttah, tell you, thundered the dandy in
still louder tones, as il he would annihilate him.
well, gosh all Jerusalem, what oft 2 now
yelled the down-easter getting bis dander up
in turn. You don't think took II for lard,
did your You must be an everlasting darn
fool, and drat you il you don't shut up your
jaw I'll butter my fists and cram them down
your internal throat. II you don't hush I'll
get mad doyou hear?'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
TERMS.

rs-The FRSE Pass is published weekly at Too
Dollars aud Fifly Cents per aaAHss iH adsanes'
rS-THREE DOLLARS if not paid in advance
ra-O Oas Dollar and Fif,y CsH's for ''S "0"'A'
rs-The terms Of advertising are, for square,
Tone inch) or less, Oas Dollar and Ft'y Cents for
tbres insertions-larger ones in the same proper
,ion Each continuance Fifty CsHi'.
-F,-No advertisement to be considered by the
month or year unless specified on the Manuscript,
or previously agreed upon between the parties
rg-An advertisement not marked on the copy
or specified number ofinsertions will be continued
uptil ordered out and payment exacted accordingly
ess-REaULAR ADvEsrSExENrs.-ro avoid any
Notwithstanding on the part Of the Annual Adver-
,i.,rs il is proper to state dstaey that their Pri-
vilere only extends to their immediate business
Real Estate Lega! and all other advertisements sent
bv them 70 be an additional charge, and no varia-
tion. -,
a7s. Obituary Notices Of more than fvelines will
be echarged for.
JOB Posters, Sale Bills, Circulars,
Cards, &c, executed promptly, neatly, and al iAlr
prices.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
A soft blow-a gentle breeze.

A soft blow-a gentle breeze.
The best revolver out-the world.
The quserest thing in papers-curls.
A constant gleaaer-the tax-gatherer.
A settled ihing-a cup Of good coffee.
What dress is most durable2 A habit.
A bird of i'll omen--a swallow Of brandy.
The oldest woman's club-tbe broomstick.
How to get along well-have it dug deep.
A broker is always trying to make things
whole.
A drawing-room-tbe apartments Of dom
tist.
An eclipse Of the -sou-cut off without
penny.
A high joint afair-Rheumatism 10 tho
shoulder
What is the greatest want Of the agei-
Want Of funds.
A good way to expand your chcst-carry
big heart in it.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

A dead body Of a female found floating in
the N,rth river, at New York. has been identi-
fed as that Of Madam Rhodes, Of New Orleans.
said to have been lady Of considerable wealth
The circumstances attending her death are a
mystery.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
POETRY.
THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY.

Oh let the soul its slumbers break
Arouse its senses, and awake
To see how soon
Life, in its glories, glides away
And the stern footsteps Of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Away so fast,
Let us the present hour employ
And deem each future dream a Joy
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind,
No happier let US hope to find,
Tomorrow than to-day,
Our golden dreams of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight
Like them decay.
Our lives like Fastening streams must be
That into one engulfing sea
Are doomed TO ALL
The sea of death whose waves roll on
O'er king and kingdom, crown and throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivulets glide,
To that sad wavel
Death levels poverty and pride,
Anu rlcn anu poor sieeP siue W siuc
Within the grave.
Our birth is but startingpla
And death the goal;
There all our glittering toys are brought
That path alone, of all unsought,
Is found of all.
See then how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of Earth
That lure US here;
Dreams of sleep that death must break;
Alas before it bids US awake,
We disappear.
Long ere the damp of death can blight
The cheeks pure glow Of red and white
Has passed away:
Youth smiled and all was heavenly fair
Age came, and laid his finger there,
And where are they?
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The step that roved so light and gay;
The hearts blithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And ioy grows wesrisome, and woe!
When age comes on
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

Joe Shanner said about as cool thing at
Fredericksburg as you hear Of in an age. A
shell, big one, from the heights across the
river, raised the fuzz from Joe's waistband,
carrying away some flesh and blood from an
arm, and also the bottom Of his baversack with
the rations Of beans therein. LokiDg sadly
into the torn and empty bag, and then turning
to a messmate, with voice Of despair:
Dave, Dave, nothing to eat to-day"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

Mrs. Spratt, an Illinois woman, has made
the following speech: "Yes, gentlemen, this is
productive country. Anything in the line
Of the animal or vegetable kingdom here beats
the world. have made 450 pounds Of butter
from five cows in one year and as you refer
to my children, am proud to say that havo
had twenty-six, and that man there lpointiDg
to her busbandl is the father Of every blessed
one.n
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

The Kentucky and Great Eastern Railway
Company has, by contract with Commission
ers of the State of West Virginia, acquired the
franchises and property of the West Virginia
Central Railroad Company.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

WHEELING, November 29.-Last night Mrs.
Cady Stanton was served with legal process,
sworn out by gentleman with whom she had
an engagement to lecture here last winter, but
failed. Mrs. Stanton proposes to contest the
ciaim
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

Bob, Harry Smith has one Of the greatest
curiosities you ever saw.
'Dun't say so-what is it?
"A tree that never sprouts, becomes smaller
the older it grows
well that is curiosity Where did be get
it?
From California,
What is the namo OF it
'AxIetrec-it once belonged to California
omnibus
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

The Washington Chronicle has an article
deprecatiug "tinkeriug with the Constitution /"
This "tinkering with the Constitution" is the
very thing that the Chronicles political party
has been doing for the last seven or eight years,
damaging everything they touched.-Alerdn-
dria Gazette.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

GRAND MASTER OF 0DD Fellowship.
James b. Bland, Of Petersburg, succeeds to the
position of Grand Master of Odd Fellows Of
Virginia, made vacant by the death of Grand
Master Prentis
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

A swiudler has lately been distinguishing
himselfin Washington, by defraudng four men,
cheating Western bank, carrying off wo-
man, marrying her, and ther running away
from her. He went by the name of James
Robert somestimes, and sometimes G. NJ.
Brooks. The detectives all over the country
nre notified
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

The corner stone of the First Methodist
Church building in Salt Lake was laid on Mon
day week, with considerable ceremony. There
are now there regular church organizations Of
Methodists, Episcopalisns, Presbyterians, and
Roman Catholics.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

A wild turkey, weighing thirty pounds net,
was brought into Cumberland on the 9th by
Mr. Lerox Perrin, of Flintstone.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

Why will next year be Ike last? Because
last year was 1870, and uext year will be 1872,
ttoei.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
s.o-oge for Carriages.

,pr1rs having Carriages can De seeommo, mo-
DAHhian8i DAIStaa With Storage at my Warehouse A''ne
-. of one dollar per month' n HAWKS.
t~;i % 1871.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
REVERE HOUSE,

J. VAC. E. HooPER, Proprietors.
TJNHE REVERE HOUSE is the nearest Hotel to
the Railroad Depot and all Business Places.
Accommodations First-class in every respect
Terms moderate.
July Is, 1870.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
q JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA. SATURDAY, DECE

The symptoms Of Liver
Complaint areuneasiness
snd pain in the side.-
SrNMONS' Sometimes the pain is in
Ythe shoulder, and is mis-
taken for rheumatism.
- The stomach is affected
with loss Of appetite and sickness bowels in gen
eral costye, sometimes alternating withlax. The
head is troubled with pain, and dull, heavy sensa-
ton, considerable loss OF memory, accompanied
with painful sensation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done. Often com
plaining Of weakness, debility, and low spirits
Sometimes many of the
above symptoms attend
the disease, and at other
LIVER times very few Of them
but the liver is generally
the organ most involved
Cure the Liver with
DIR. SIMMONS
Liv II q q u j n t or,
A preparation of roots and herbs, warranted to be
strictly vegetable, and can do injury to any one
1t has been used by hundreds, and known for
the last 40 years one of the most reliable, ef-
cacious and harmless preparations ever offered to
the suffering. If taken regularly and persistent
w. il is sure to cure dyspepsia, headache, jaundice
costivencss, siokheadache. chronic diarrhea, af-
RzzzazznxeE kfections of the kidneys
kfever, nerv business,
h ,pcr, ANON chills, diseases of the
H hEuOLAlOh' skin, impurity of the
Blood melancholy, or
Sdepression Of spirits,
heartburn, collie, or pains in tho bowels, pain in
the head ever and ague, dropsy boils, pain in the
back, de. Prepared only by
j. II. ZEILIN CO.,
Druggists, Macon, Ga.
Price, 81; by mail sl.?5.
For sale by Light d Washington, Charlestown.
Jan. IA, lS7I-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
Grape Wine.

7 HAVE few Gallons of Concord, Clinton and
/ Catawba Wine for sale, suitable for Church
purposes, and is highly recommended for the sick.
THOMAS LOCKE.
Summit Point, JEFF. Co., W. Va, Feb. 4, '7l-tf
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
1AMESM.JOHNSTON,

JAMES NJ. JOHNSTON,
HAvING added some OF the tness ss~ ssw nox mS
GT'4 ~ tSs VALLEY of Virginia, is prepared, and
will continue to manufacture
Wooden Goods,
e..h - Iipdsevs, Fulled and Plaid, Cloths,
.';.arss and Tweeds, and with his improved ana
superior facilities is satisfied that be nhS wn Se sbs ao,t
to offer to the public an article ., .ov other es-
cannot be surpassed, teqnANeu' O' A"'
''Pi,iaS% Baltimore Prices paid in CASH for WOOL
He solicts orders. 80 n IouNSTON.
Having experienced such GsavS S,S s1o 9o re re-
we're losses BY the late no0o, anu throughout,
par a9t S9a rS "ppea to all who are indebted to come
SroTs ss %1SS sad settle at He stands grGay IN
need Of every dollar thatis due.
April l, ls7l-G
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09

VTEN Thousand No. Oak Shingles for sale by
i Sept Is. W. j. HAWhS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
LUMBER.
CASH

WI, y, De paid ior Rags Old Papers and Books
tis highest market price allowed tbe
sos. - isll. FREE PRESS OFFICE.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-12-09
DIR. SIMMONS

Efections of the kidneys
'sfever, nerv business,
schills, diseases OF the
skin, impurity of the
sblood, melancholy, or
4 {denression of spirits,