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Administrators Notice.

FINIIIS is to give notice that the subscriber hai
obtained from the Recorders office of J cfler-
son County, W. Va, letters Of administration on
the Personal Estate Of Mrs. Christina c. Schuster,
late of said County, deceased All persons hav-
ing claTms against said deceased, are hereby
warned TO exhibit same with the vouchers thereof
to the subscriber before the first day Of June
next. All persons indebted to said Estate are re.
quested to make immediate payments, otherwise
they will be proceeded with according TO law,
Given under my hand this 10th day Of April,
1871,
j. j. KERN,
Administrator.
EnriI. TX. lsTI-tiIl lime 1st
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READ THIS!
The Greatest Discovery OF the &c.
Hagner's Compound OIL G1ke or Fishing El-
TRACT.

4 FTER several years of hard study on the art
~. of catching fsh, We arc at last able to offer
10 the public genuine preparation for catching
fish with the hook net. If little Of il is mixed
with the bats in fishing with the hook and line,
il will induce the fish TO bite rapidly, or if small
piece Dc put into a net they will collect in it in
great quantities. BY the use Of this valuable pre-
paration You can, in few hours, catch as many
fish as yOu are willing TO carry home. 1t is per-
fecty harmless and is warranted to do all we claim
for it, docs not in any way kill or injurc the FISH,
Price IS cents per cake, sent by mail post paid 10
any address on receipt Of price. Address
W. G. WAGNER a CO.,
Arendisyile, Adams County, Pa.
April 8, lsTl-im.
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ESTRAY COLE

4 Twoyear old Colt got out Of my stable on
n Monday last, and was last seen following
some one on the Charlestown and Berryvilc Turn
pike. lie is bay roam, one white foot, and had
ON leather halter. 4 liberal reward will be
given for his delivery to me.
JOHN AVIS.
Charlestowa, April s, ls7l-3t.
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Patent Cutsides.

Quite a number of country newspapers in
this State tsays the Lancaster Pa. htelHgen-
ce,) are using patent outsides. That is they
buy their paper from firm which forwards 1t
to them with their outside already printed
The party who furnishes the patent outsdsnot
only makes his own selections but he has the
right to publish therein certain amount of
advertising which he also selects without con-
sulting the country journalist. a Republican
editor in Miniin County was astonishcd tic
other day to find his paper sent to him with
the whole fourth page taken up by elaborate
and extended pufrs of Brick Pomeroy's Demo
crat. His eontrac; required him to publish
whatever was sent, and he could not refuse to
DO what no doubt went solely against his grain.
The patcnt-outsde system is nuisance, and
no live newSpaper-men would have anything
to DO with it. Every publisher ought to make
his own selections with especial reference to
the wants Of his readers. The selections of a
country newspaper are fully as important as
the original matter, and as much care
should be bestowed upon them. What is
suited 20 one locality would be out Of place in
another-what would please one class of rea-
dcrs would be diStastcful TO others. No one
can Gull matter which will be suitable for fifty
or hundred newspapers published in different
parts of the country at the same time The
editor who surrcndars control Of one-half Of
bis paper to some manufacturer of patent out
sides may make a Sigh. reduction in his cur
rent expenses, but, in the end he will lose both
money and influence.
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eth day thereof.

to ascertain The sense Of the qualified voters on
the ratification or rejection Of the proposed a.
mendmont to the Constitution of the State as a
substitute for Section One Of Article Three
thereof namely:
"Thc male citizens Of the State shall be en-
" titled to vote at all elections held within the
" election districts in which they respectively
"reside; but no person who is a minor, or Of
unsound mind, or paupcr, or who is under
" conviction Of treason, felony or bribery in an
" election, or who has not been resident Of
" the State for one year, and Of the county in
which hc offers to vote for thirty days next
preceding such offer, shall be permitted to
" vote while such disability continues"
The polls for Harpcr's Ferry Township will
he held at IIarper's Ferry, in the said Town
ship; for Osburn Township at KaLlctowu, in
the said Township; and for the other Town
ships at the usual places of voting.
BY order of the Board Of Supervisors Of
Jefferson County.
LOGAN 0SBURN,
April 10, 1871. Prcs't pro TEN.
BLINDS and Fire Screens for sale by
ID Apr. Is. kEARSLEY SlIEERER.
N EW Herring for sale by
" April 10. KEARSLEY SIIEERER.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15
The Paris Situation.

II appears that the reds Of Paris have made
demand upon the Church for one million OF
francs, threatening that, if the demand is not
complied with, they will kill the Archbishop
OF Paris, who has been for some time priso-
ner in their hands. The men who have al
ready murdered Gems. Lecompte and Thomas
are quite capable of fulfilling the threat. tits
curious that, in the boosted heart of modern
civilization, an appetite for blood is pcriodi-
cally developed as tiger-like as any which an
cient barbarians exhibited. In the meantime,
the government of Theirs has not yet crushed
the instruction. If the Parisians light behind
barricadcs as well as in former days. the blood
lest scenes of all have to come. The latest ad-
vices represent that fighting is going on in the
Bots dc Boulogne, and there are vague accounts
of heavy eannonading, and mitrailleuses and
musketry reports on the south Of the city
Judge Underwood, Of the United States Dis
trict Court for Virginia, has discharged ne
gro convicted Of larceny by white jury in
Goochland county, because colored men were
excluded from serving on the jury under re-
cent act of the Assembly ruling that colorcd
men could not serve as jurors until April l.,
1871. lie held that the law was violation
of both the Federal and State constitution.
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NOTICE.

DOCKS Of Subscription to the Capital Stock of
ID the BANK OF CHARLESTOWN will be
open at the Bank until the 18th Of May next
BY order of the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
April s, IS5I-3t
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READ!
READ.
Burning of Property!
FIREl FIRE!! FIRE!!!

A III, nersons who hare insured in the Peabody
n Insurance Company, will take notice, that I
am the general Agent for Jefferson, Berkeley and
adjoining Co.'S. and all who want insurance either
on Houses, Barns, Stock, Furniture, etc., etc.,
should call and see me before insuring elsewhere
feel sure can secure them easier and safer risks
than any other agent offering. ! am prepared
aJso 10 take risks in the " GREAT ANDES" the
only Company ever started with a cash capital of
81 900. 600. will give insurance in good and re.
liable Cos, and when you have FIRE, call and
GET your money issue policies at my office.
c GEO. +. C0RDELL,
General Fire Insurance Agent.
Office at my old room, opposite Z" Carter House
and West of the Rouse store.
April s, lS7l-6m.
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The Washington correspondent Of the Balti-
moro SIN says that on Saturday, "thcre was
a conference between the President and Sena-
tors Cameron and Morton and ex-senator
Wade, at which it is represented that the diff
rcrenccs existing IN the republican party in
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York were fully
discussed, and suggestions made to heal them.
One Of the Senators intimated that the Pres-
dents recent removals in the New York Gus
tom house were unfortunate for the party. He
has received resolution passed by the Central
Republican Executive Committee Of New York
city condemniug lis course, while Mr. Grin
nell the dismissed naval officer, also writes to
the President complaining Of tie summary
way he was decapitatod, and stating that three
days before he was removed he had contiibu-
tod one thousand dollars to assist in carrying
the Connecticut election" Did he? Then,
though be was never removed for that, we are
glad be was removed. Any Office holder who
uses his MONEY to interfere with The election
in the States, ought to be walked out Of Office,
at once.-Alerandria Gazette
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FOR RENT.

TIVE weIlknown HolI Hotel property is for rent
/ from the LIST Of april insi. The house con-
tains 10 rooms besides garnet and kitchen, stablng
for ~ horses, large garden and out lot.
5sS- For further information enquire Of McCur-
dy 4 Duke.
April s, lS7l-3t ISAAC HEIDWHOL.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15
NOTICE.

UNTSMEN, Fishermen and others who pull
i down the fences and otherwise trcspass upon
my Shannon Hill Farm are hereby notified to
desist, or | shall enforce the law against them
April s, lS7l-4t. /. H. ROUSE
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15
Congress-.

Both houses Of Congress were in session
on Monday In the Senate Mr. Edmunds re-
ported from the committee on the Judiciary,
with amendments, the House Ku-Klux BILL
Mr. Thurman and Mr. Davis both stated that
the debate on the democratic side on the Ku-
Kluk bill would not be very extended. Mr..
Edmurds remarked that number of republic
can Senators desired to speak on the bill, but,
all things considered, he thought vote might
be asked for by Thursday afternoon, and that
Congress could then adjourn by Saturday or
Monday. The contested seats of Blodgett, of
Georgia, and Goldthwaite, of Alabama, occu-
pied the Senate She rest Of the day, but with
no FINAL result
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Under the call Of the States in the House of
Representatives, as usual on Monday, great
number of bills and joint resolutions were in
troduced. for reference only, including several
amnesty propositions, more or less general in
their character. A bill introduced by Mr..
Hale, Of Maine, for the removal of all legal
and political disabilities imposed by the four
teenth amendment, was passed-yeas lS4,
nays 4G. The bill provides for the removal of
disabilities imposed by the third section of the
fourteenth amendment from all persons, ex-
cept the following class: First, members Of
Congress who left to so into the rebellion Sec
ond, officers ofthe army and navy who left to
so into the rebellion third, members Of State
conventions who voted for secession. The
second section provides that, before being en-
titled to the benefits Of this amnesty, persons
relieved shall take an oath to support the con-
stitution Of the United States, which oath shall
be forwarded to the Secretary of State. who
shall issue certificate to the person making
such oath.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15
Pew Rents.

VNHE Pew Rents Of the Presbyterian Church arc
/ now due. Prompt payment is requested.
April s, 1871. CLE0N MOORE.
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SOUTHERN
HEPATIC PILLS,

DIV Tor all bilious Diseases, causeu Dy
DISEASED LIVER,
Is destined at distant day, to be the only Med
icine recognized and used by the people, where
that disease is so prevalent. Our present object
being to introduce the Medicine into those Dis
trets where the disease is most rife, and let the
people have the benefit of so great blessing, and
demonstrate its correctness by showing such re-
suits as have ne7er followed any other plan OF
treatment. - 49,
Gross, $500.
They can be sent to any point in the United
States. Address, q. w. DEEMS,
% South Calhoun street, BALTIMORE.
April s. 1871.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15
Tract or Parcel of Land,
a LECTURE

TO YOUSG MEN.
20, Just Published in sealed envelope. Price
"a six cents. Lecture on The Nature,
~ Treatment and Radical Cure Of Spermator-
rhoa, or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Ennis
sions, Sexual Debility, and fmpediments 10 Mar
risge generally; Nervousness, Consumption, Epi-
lcpsy, and Fits Mental and Physical Incapacity,
resulting from Seli-Abusc, &c. by ROBERT j.
CULYERTWELL, NJ. d., Author Of the Green
Book" &c.
The worldrenowned author, in this admirable
Lecture. clearly proves from his own experience
that the awful consequences Of Self Abuse NAV be-
efIectually removed without medicines, and with
out dangerous surgical operations, bOugics, instru
ments, rings or cordals, pointing out mode ,f
cure at once certain and eftectual by which every
sufferer, matter what bis condition may be. may
cure himself cheaply, privately and radcaily.Z
This Lecture will prove Boon ~ thOusands and
thousands.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, 10 any al
dress, poHI'aid on receipt Xix cents or two stamps
Also, DR.. CulyerwclPs Marriage Guide"
price - cent.
Address the Publisher,
CIAS. j. c. KLINE a CO.,
III Bowery, New York, Post Office Box 1856.
Dec. u, l670.-ly Mar %, 1871.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15

A Southern editor has had bis pistol stolen
lie adycTtiscs TO give the thief The contents
and e., questions asked. if lie viii return IT,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15

Rev Addison Hail. a venerable minister,
Lancaster county, Va, died suddenly, few
days ago. u heart disease.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15

WYE offer to the community Edey's Carbolic
w Troches, Browns Troches, Ayers Cherry
Pectoral, Javne's Expectorant, Aliens Lung Bal
sam and all Patent Medicines in the market,
Apr. s. 1871. GEO T.. LIGHT 4 co.
TVNOBACCO.-Fin Chewing, Smoking, and
best Cigars in the market.
Abr. 3. 1871. GEO. 7. LIGHT 4 co.
NICHY Water, Kissengen, Congress and all
Y the medicatcd waters
Apr. 8, 1871. GEO. T. LIGHT d Co.
SCHOOL Books at city prices. We will order
= any Book or piece of Music published in the
World Catalogues for references to be seen Mt
our Drug Store.
Apr. s, 1871. GEO. t. LIGHT d CO.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15
A VALUABLE
Farm For Sale.

T Private Sale Farm near Falling Waters,
n Berkeley County, West Virginia, containing
ESQ ACRES,
About three-four,hs tilable land, the balance in
GOOD Timber suitable for Railroad Ties, Shingles,
and all other purposes. The improvements are
comfortable, well finished
Brick House and Kitchen.
With good Barn and other necessary outbuild-
ings. Abundance of good fruit, Apples, Pears,
&C. Two never failing Springs near the house.
The Farm is in high state of cultivation, located
in a good neighborhood, very convenient to Mills,
Churches and Schools, with irss-rate market for
all the products of the Farm, being in easy
of the Baltimore 4 Ohio II. r., and the Chesapeake
4 Ohio Canal. 1t is Immediately on the line Of
the Martinsburg 4 Potomac Railroad, now being
built There is strong indication of Iron Ore on
the land of ihe best quality, and quarry OF Lime
stone, from which abundance OF stone can be taken
for lining, &c., without the expense Of blasting.
gesJ~ For terms apply at The ,
FREE PRESS OFFICE,
Charlestown, jefferson County, W. Va.
Feb 25. 1871,
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IN conformity with Joint Resolution No. 10
u Of the Legislature adopted February Is,
1871, notice is hereby given that an election
will he held at every place Of voting within
jefferson County, State Of West Virginia, on
The Fourth Thurslay in April, 1871, being the
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15
Public Sale
OF Valuable Real Estate.

T{T virtue of a Decd u Trnsl bearing date
IL on the 10Th day Of March, 1869. au,l
Of record in the Recorders office Of Jefferson
County, c&ccnrcd by Armis,cad Orcm aud
Mary !. his wife, to Joseph gnpnell, Trustee,
Ia secure ffc payment in tie first place and ~
preferred debts Of two Bonds Of said Armstcaa
Orcm To- y. s White, Attorney in fact for the
heirs of A. ISlcr bearing even date with said
Trust. each for the sum Of SLIPS, payable at
one and two years after date with interest 1.-THE
first r>u,rl Bond being salrct to n credit Of
S59i.9l ~ of its dafc, being amount Of said
Orems claim auditc,l by the Commissioner n
gaiuSt said ISlers esiatc) and secondly f. secure
the payment Of another Bond q sail Orcm 81
said n. 5. White, Attorney IN fact, date!
April Il, 1869. due August ], 1869, lur
81, l28-aud assigned ~ George H. Turner
upon which there is due q balance Of S7SI.1G,
with interest from August 3 1869, the under
signed will offer for sale, at Public Auction,
On Friday, April 2S, 1871,
In front Of the "Sappington Hotel, in Charles
town, certain valuable
Tract or Parcel Of Land,
Containing 81 Acres, Roods and 1G Pcrcbes.
conveyed in said Trust situated on tho
Charlestown and Bloomery Turnpike in JEFF
ferson County, about three miles from the for-
mer place adjoining the lands Of VIM. II.
Moore, Abraham Islcr's heirs and others -
Said land is Of first quality nimcstoneD and r.
improved by comfortable new Dwelling House
and other buildings, and is convenient to MAJ
ket, churches, aud mills.
Terms Cash. Sale 20 commence at II o.
clock, a. NJ. JOSEPH TRAPNELL.
>. ID. PottcrheId, Auc. Trustee.
March %, 1871.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-04-15

GARDEN SEEDS.-Buits, Shakers, WHghts
VI and Smith Bro, Garden Seeds, all fresh
and embracing everything new in the Seed line
Peas, Beans Onion Sets and Flower Seeds for
sale by G. J.. BELLER.
Harper's Ferry, W. Va, Mar. 1871.
(,ARBOLIC DISINFECTING SOAP.-For-
\ washing Horses, Pigs, Cattle, Dogs, and al
other domestic animals, frees them from instct,
improves the hair, cures the mango and Is inyalu-
able for healing sores Of all kinds insects on pOul
try completely destroyed by its use, every farmer
should give it a trial, for sale by
G. +. BELLER.
Harper's Ferry, Mar. Is, 1871.
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NOTICE.

April, rs, ls7I-till June LIST.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-30
NEWS NJ OTHER RRrEFs.
The floods in Oregon are subsiding.

The floods IN Oregon are subsiding.
Company D. Fourth United States In
fantry, en- route for Paducah, KY, has
arrived at st. Louis from the Northern
Plains. The entire regiment, which has
been stationed at posts on and north OF
the Pacific Railroad for the past four
years, is now en- route for service in Ken
lucky and Tennessee.
j. Burke and ]. Pullum were on Friday
sentenced to two years imprisonment by
Judge Ballard in the United States Court,
at Louisville, for dealing in counterfeit
greenbacks.
James HALEY. an old gentleman of sew
enty years, while crossing the railroad
track near Howard, Illinois, on horseback,
on Thursday afternoon, was run over by a
passing train, and completely torn in
pieces.
The Ohio General Assembly took a trip
last Thursday to Cincinnati. Among the
places visited was the residence of George
h. Pendleton where the party partook o.
a collation. and hada good time. One o.
the gentlemen gave as a sentiment, "The
health &c. of their host" Mr.. Pendletor
responded in BETTING terms and in his
usual happy style.
Governor Holden, of North Carolina
has been found guilty by the Senate o
that State. He was found guilty on six o
the eight charges by a t~wo-thirds vote
and has been delosed from his Office. Thii
is n mean radical tyrant sent adrift.-
He is not the only n that o1ght to be 81
served. The principal charge was that h
unlawfully arrested and imprisoned citi
zsns, that he refused to obey writs o
hGbeGs corpus-that he gave troops Il
Kirk and other desperadoes and that h,
illegally drew $4,000 from the treasury
The trial lasted 45days.
Governor Alcorn is master of the situa
ton in Mississippi. The Senatorial con
test was a stupendous failure, and ha
resulted in the complete overthrow of tn
negroes and earpet-baggers. The Conser
vative Republicans Joined the Democrat
and checked the SCENE to force an election
for United States Senator. Reyels an,
Mckee were among the disappointed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-30

SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN on the 18th
made his great KuKlux speech, weak and
malignant and n where he says:
"If that is not the KuKlux Khan, what
in the name of the devil in hell is It'll"
but still weak, weak. Mr.. Senator Lewis
first made him admit, 81 am perfectly
aware that there Is no testimony showing
it to exist in Virginia " and later, Nj.
Stevenson, late Governor of Kentucky,
gave this testimony II say, as I hope to
answer at the great bar of God, as ! would
say at the bar as aSwitness, that there is
no such organization in kentucky COM
posed of sixty men. throughout the cem-
monwealth, and that I do not believe it is
political in its tendency" To offset this,
Mr.. Sherman harped a great deal on the
old string; striking out nothing new.
however. asl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-30

SENATOR C~AssERLY, of California, in a
recent discussion in the Senate said that
the XIV Amendment did not authorize the
bayonet election acts passed by the radi-
cal Congress. Nj. C. is an able and acute
lawyer and made a good showing. The
amendment only operates upon States
while the co-called laws apply to individ-
uals. The Fifteenth Amendment reads
SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the
United States to vote, shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States, or by
any State, on account of race, color, or
previous condition of serVitude.
SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power
10 enforce this article By appropriate leg
islation.
1t will be seen that no State is to inter
fere with negro suffrage. Now. until q
State does interfere Congress cannot act
for there is no Ofence against the Amend
| ment.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-30
AuDTToR oF STATE.

In connection with the responsible po-
sition of Auditor of State, the name of
William ]. Gordon, of Cleveland, may
with the greatest propriety be suggested
for the Democratic nomination. Gordon
has always been an earnest and Uncom-
promising Democrat, faithful and consist
emit in the darkest hours. In business
qualifications and experience heis without
a superior in the State, and as Al honora-
BILE man he is unexceptionable. His
former extensive business connections and
his thorough acquaintance with all mat
tiers pertaining to property in this State,
render him peculiarly fitted for the Office,
and the people will be fortunate if he can
be induced to accept the candidacy
Ohio Statesman.
The above would be a nomination emf
nently fit to be made. The announcement
of Mr.. Gordon as the candidate would add
strength to our ticket. He is and has
been Tor many years one of the leading
business men Of Cleveland.