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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-02-25
BANKRUPT NOTICEs.

TN tho District Court of the United States for tho
District of Virginia ssi0
In tho matter of John Rogers, bankrupt--in
bankruptcy.
To whom 1t May Concern The undersigned, VIM
v Atkins, of Boydton, Mecklenburg co, Va, hereby
gives notice of his appointment as assignee of the
estate of John Rogers, of Mecklenburg county, Va
who was on the 9th of September 1870, adjudged
a bankrupt upon his own petition by the District
court of said district.
Dated at Boydton, the LIST day of February, 1871.
fe 6--M3w VIM T ATKINS Assignee
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TERMs-one,third Of purchase money will be re-
CURED to be paid in cash. residue in two equal in
staments Of six and twelve months. the purchaser
giving bond, with good personal security for the
deferred payments and the title retained until the
purchase money is fully paid
hcKINsEY BROWN, Assignoes
ia 2s-2awsw Of Warfleld Price, Bankrupt
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Il. v. DEfOKEST CO., JEwELEhs,
40 AND ~ BROADWAY, NEW YonK,
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE u. s.
AID have authorized them to sell their great EU-
REkA ALUMINIUM GOLD WATCHES for THREE
DOLLARS, and to warrant each and every one to
keep correct time for one year. This Watch we
guarantee to be the best and cheapest time-keeper
that is now in use in any part of the globe. The
works are in double cases, Ladies' and Gents size
aud are beautifully chased. The cases are made of
the metal now so widely known in Europe as ALUMNI
mum Gold 1t has tho exact color of Gold, which it
always retains it will stand the test of the strong.
est acids can tell it from Gold only by
weight, the Aluminium Gold being ITO lighter. The
works are made by machinery, same as the we'll
known American Watch. The Aluminium is cheap
metal, hence afford to sell the Watch for IS
and make a small profit. We pack the Watch safely
In small box and send it by mail to any part of the
u B. ON receipt OF $3.50; fifty cents for packing and
postage. Address all orders to
Il. v. DEF0REST & CO..
de 80 jim 40 and AZ Broadway, N. Y.
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PosTPoNEIENT.-T above sale Ia poaIponed
until the 18th APRIL. 1871 "a III. IA
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A VOID QUACKS.--A victim Of early indiscretlon
N causing nervous debility, premature decay 10 !.
having tried in vain every advertised remedy has a
simple OF solfcure which he will send free TO
his felow-suifereis. Address j. Fl. TUTTLE78 Mas
sau street, New York. fe 10
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-02-25

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
Il STATES, for the District of Virginia.
In the matter OF r. X. Chandler, Bankrupt-in
Bankruptcy. adl
District of Virginia, SIS:
Notice is hereby given that last general meet
ing OF the creditors of the said r. X. Chandler
bankrupt, for the purpose of declaring dividend,
will be held at Richmond, at tho Office OF w. w.
Forbes Register In Bankruptcy, in said district, en-
Thursday the 23d day of February, 1871. at 10
o'clock A. NJ, in accordance with the provisions Of
the 9th and 2Sth sections of the Bankruptcy Act OF
March End. 1867.
Dated at Ruthergen, the ID day of February 1871
fe 2-2t Il. A. KICKS, Assignee
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NEW CONFERENCE.-The.

NEW EHTs.
q ( 10 $40 PER DAY.
10 y MEN, WOMEN, BOYS and GIRLS who en-
gage in our new business make from IS to $40 per
day in their own localities. Full particulars and
instructions sent free by mail. Those in need of
permanent, profitable work, should address at once
GEORGE sTINS0N 4 CO., Portland, Maine.
,TSHE NEW YORK DAY-BOoK-THE CHAM.
i PION OF WHITE SUPREMACY AGAINST
THE W0RLD.--A FIRST-CLASs EIGHT PAGE
DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY, established in 1850. 50 per
year; III for six months Subscribe for it. For spec
men copies, address "DAYB0oK, New York City"
L m. S. s. FITCHs FAMILY PHYSICIAN; 30
IL pages; sent by mail free. Teaches how to cure
all diseases of the person skin, hair, eyes COM
plexion. Write to ia Broadway, New York.
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AssIGNEE SALES.
= =
AssIG NEE's SALE
IA or
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTIES
OF ROANOKE, FLOYD AND MONTGOMERY,
AT AITrTTON

Pursuant to an order of the District Court of the
United States for the district Of Virginia made in
the matter Of Wartield Price, bankrupt we SHALL as
asslgnees OF said bankrupt, proceed to sell at the
Courthouse door of Roanoke county. Virginia in
the town of Salem, on
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-02-25

CURIOUS, HOW STRANGER
~ The Married Ladies' Private Companion contains
the desired information. Sent free for two stamps
Address MRS. H. METZGER Hanover, Pa
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WEDNESDAY, THE srH DAY OF MARCH, 1871,
at public auction, to the highest bidder,
ElGHTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND.

lying in the counties of Floyd, Roanoke and Mont
gomery, belonging to the estate of said bankrupt
most OF which is quite valuable, Said land will be
sold free OF all lions and encumbranoes
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UNCLE 'osn's
TRUNK FULL OF FUN.

Portfolio of frst-cass Wit and Humor, contain
ing the Richest Comical Stories, Cruel Sells, Side
Splitting Jokes, Humorous Poetry Quaint Parotiies
Burlesque Sermons, New ConundrHms and Mirth-
Provoking Speeches published Interspersed
with Curious Puzzles, Amusing Card Tricks Feats
of Paror Magic, and nearly 200 Fanny Engravings
illustrated Cover. Price Is cts Sent by mail post
age paid to any part OF the United States on recent
OF price. DICK & FITZGERALD, Publishers, is
Ann street. New York
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N INDEPENDENT FORTUNE

IN FOUR MONTHS.
Can be made in quiet way by men that are capable
of keeping tho secret. Address JAMES GOODWIN,
67 Exchange Place, Kew York.
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I 3yb4
IN the Disrict Court of the United States for the
l. District of Virginia.
In the matter Of Jack McGhee, bankrupt--in
bankruptcy.
To whom it May Concern:--The undersigned, L. d.
Raymond, of Bedford co'ty, Va, hereby gives notice
Of his appointment assignee of the estate Of
Jack Mc6hee, Of Bedford county, Virginia, in
said district, Who has heretofore boon adjudged
bankrupt on his own petition by tho District court
ofsaid district
ia 14-s3w l.. d. RAYMOND, Assignee
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09
The Indescribable scenes.

n I 2 81 "a
There is little heart TO write the tales
Of these sad and fearful times. Eye
witnesses cannot describe them by
words: The pen can only, give an
idea, and hardly even that, of the woe,
the weeping, the waiting, the homes
ruined, the lives lost! *4
We sayawe cannot describe the
scenes; we cannot Infants clasped
in mothers arms fathers, brothers,
sisters, stiff IN their last embrace
actual lines Of dead from the once hap
py farmhouse to the adjoining creek
clIarreCl groups! blackmed Fcorpses,
cIumbling bonesy lacerated and torn
members the smiling babyhood of
few hours past, the adoleseent. the
old, in one horrid heap of death, is all
that is left of the county travelled
over, The #roadsides are stTeWn with
dead horses, oxen, cows, swine, fowl.
Even the untamed of the. forest new
toward civilization for relief, but only
to find death in their fight.
Dear, bear, rabbits, were discovered
IN profusion, burned to crisp. And
all this within few miles of our city
From the few left to tell the tale, there
can be yet but little obtained in their
half crazed situation. We ourselves
saw the father consign TO their last
resting place, all that was left ofa fam
lily of six. We cared little about ques-
tioning, and he seemed to care as little
about speaking. Having given him a
few morsels of bread for necessary
subsistence, we passed on, and saw the
babe inits mothers arms, the boy, the
girl, -nakedness, the youllg woman.
the mother, the father, in one sad
group of death. Again, family, ap-
parentiy, for there was nothing left
but the bones, and hardly bones at
that. Yes, there was one of that fam
lily of which there was little left Tt
was the baby. Thez poor mother, for
getful of herself, clung to her innocent
offspring, and herlast effort must have
been to save her young ones life. The
mothers hand, Or3the ruins thereof,
were on the baby's head, as if engaged
in pressing it to the ground. face down
ward, to save it from suffocation; the
little face was all that was uuiniured.
A prominent young man was found
with his throat cut and his knife living
alongside him. He must have been
crazed by tortures, or preferred imme-
diate death to lingering agony. Hun
dreds of such cases could we cite; hut
to what use Let us merely take, IL
possible. into the minds eye a tract of
.desolation, suffering, ruined homes,
burned corpses--perhaps happier than
the living-and may the always wise
Providence have mercy upon their
souls Ocohto WIS aLum6eTmdn
Ectra, October Is. J 9%e IEss5
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09

A story is teld~of the irrepressi-
bic Barnum which exhibits in strik-
ing lightithe happy faculty of illustra-7
ton which the great Snowman, dis
plays when engaged in the ayocatiOn
of a lecture. Mr. Barnum recently
delivered temperance lecture in Buff
falO. By a remarkable coincidence,
his great show was to be in the sama
city the following Gay. Among the
audience gathered to hear the lecture
was an individual who was both drunk
and noisy. His Mr.. Barnum singled
ont as shocking example of the fear
full results of intemperance, and. after
producing thrilling sensation by his
adroit use of the incident, had the in
toxicated subject of his remarks quiet
ly removed from the assembiage. The
most curious part of the storys how
ever, istLat when Barnum's show LEFT
town the shocking example was driv-
ing one of the cages. 1t is probable
that Mr.. Barnum's 5 timely admouition
had effected the poor fellows reform !;
but scoffers wickedly insinuate that he
is the same gifted individual who. in
the guise of green countryman, and
in a condition of fsimulated inebristy,
daily astonishes visitors to the show,
by his wonderful exploits in riding The
educated mules.-N T. Sun.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09

An evidence of the good faith which
the respectable classes of the South
ern people are manifesting in their ac
ceptance of the changed condition OF
public affairs is to be found in the act
ion of Virginia in relation to schools.
1t is unquestionably the. fact tnat
the Conservative party of that State
were formerly SO far behind the spirit
of the age as to be strongly opposed
to the establishment of common
schools, to be supported by general
taxation; but under the new Constitu-
ton such system was provided for,
and the Conservative Legislature APP
pears to have carried out the provis-
ions of the instrument in regard to
this matter faithfully and cnergetical
ly. During the eighteen months that
have elapsed since the election OF a
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
fully three thousand schools have been
established, where the children of black
as well as white parents can, receive
free instruction; and this work has
been accomplished at time of great
public distress, while the sheriff has
been selling lands and even farming
implements to secure the payment of
the taxes. These schools have been
organized by a Conservative Board of
Education. and a Conservative Super
intendent of Public Instruction, quietly
but cffectually while the carpet bag
officials of Texas, with great pretend
ed zeal for universal education, have
been taxing the inhabitants of that un
Fortunate, State enormous sums for the
erection of school houses which in
many cases have never been buiIt at
all.-N. 7. Sun. 's 7 -''
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09
SUNDAY

Two hundred thousand persons, on
an average through -sthe year. each
Sunday, resort to the various lager
beer gardens and other places Ofrecre-
alton and refreshment in and around
New York city. The-average amount
of money each one will spend on that
day, will be one dollar, making $780,
900. Two hundred thousand multi
piled by fifty tive. shows us. SO, ,400s-
900 spent annually On that ''day oi
rest, in and around the great metnop-
oils! By twelve o'clock on Sunday
night, Of these 20O, 900 persons, &c;
900 will be sober, 95, 900 In high s,prir
it's, 10000 ''tight," 10000 quarrel
some, and 5000 in a state of beasdy
into1icationI ar. : SEQ .ssasl
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09
Such Resignation.

We should have reeoghizedathe fol.
lowing article as the production of
Frank Hatten, if we had first seen il
in the London Times, instead of his
own paper, from which we clip it-Atlle
Mt. Pleasant, (Iowa) journal. He
run for Republican Representa- in
his county, and was TIE only man de
feated on the entire ticket, owing to
some personal feeling in his party
Here's how he takes it.-BucEeye
State. .g5l 1.-a 5l..a zH5ai.al :
d Our ROOSTER have met the
enemy and we are hisn. We have
been elected to stay at home, and We
will-stay. The people of Henry coun.
ty, last Tuesday, rushed to the ballot
box and sung out, t'Don't you GO
frankie, don't 60" BY fair, so uare
vote of the people of Henry county, II
has been decided that we cannot be
spared, and we feel the compliment
So well are we appreciated as an edi
tor by the people, that they were un.
willing to have US leave them, even fol
the short space OF three months. Well
well, we appreciate this expression o
friendship. We have decided not tc
go to Des Moines, but will continu,
to run the journal, which viii be pub
lished Mt 50 per year, invarfaJly i,
adcaEce. Call in and see u.s. =. /
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09

American continent, from the Arctic
Ocean to the Isthmus of Panama =
But if we fail to resist this river Of fire
which is rolling through our land, our
life will be short, and future genera.
tions may build monument upon the
ruins of this great Republic, with this
inscription: s'Died from intemper-
ance. 3" What sad legacy to leave
behind us rT ..s1faT1 rIoJ zaEi.T
G Shall the scenes at Lexington and
Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, and York
town. he forgotten3 Shall the names
of Washington, and Greene. and Put
nam, be obliterated from our memo
ries? Shall our liberties bought by
the blood Of our noble dead, be fritz
tered away by strong drink Will
not every true American say no? O.,
let as be true to ourselves and to our
country, and let every friend of the
temperance cause. and every true dis.
ciple of Christ, wage war against this
monster which zhasaimplanted his dead
ly fangs in our midst, and compel him
to relax his iron gripe.
,a SPRINGFIELD, o. ~ --.-s- al
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09
The Chicago Fire.


Nothing has been more remarkable
than the different views taken of the
causes that led to the terrible 'eChica-
go fire." 4gofssa s5gs9sg ..ia ffa
Not few have stated, that it, was a
punishment sent by God, as a visita-
ton on the sins of the Chicago people,
but as many persons, purely innocent,
strangers to and mere temporary $50
journers in Chicago suffered equally
(some of them death } with those
whom this class of denouncers called
the Chicago sinners, both thereby ex-
periencing the s'divine WRATH" this
theory of Gods punishment may rea-
sonable be doubted. .sasrz. z.lc. = f.5-r
Quite dispute took place yester-
day in the street between two per
sons on this subject. Said one - Fr
81 look upon the great fire, sir, as
a punishment sent by God on the CHI
cago people for their wickedness. E,
"Well,' said the, other, ''did you
help any of the sufferers by the fire in
Chicago p aa 5fa1l -s.a ia.s sti.
'.Yes, SIR" was the reply, 81 did
help. all i could. I contributed freely.
really more than was able, to the
sufferers or I -ref 3ssa et
'Well, then, if it was intended as 9
punishment sent hy God on those peo
pie, by what right did you interfere
with help to mitigate the punishment
He had inflicted? What business had
you to interfere with His purposes p
The believer in ''divine wrath" had
no more to say. $1,000 e-5 il
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09
Al Scene in the Tunnel at Chicago


One of the most dramatic. and i'm
pressiye2se scenes of the fire. was rthe
fight through LaSalle1 Street tunnel,
under the river, during Sunday night
1t was about two o'clock when this
strange hegira began, and in ten min
tites it Became furious rout. The
bridges on both sides were on fire, and
the flames were writhing over the
decks of the brigs in tile river, and
winding their fierce arms of flame
around the masts and through the rig
ging like monstrous devil fish. The
awful canopy of fire drew down and
closed over Water Street as the shrek
ing multitude rushed for the tunnel,
the only avenue of escape. The, gas
works had already blown up, and there
was no1igllt in any house save the
illumination whit Ii lighted up only to
destroy. But into the darkened cave
rushed pellmelE, from all directions,
the frenzied crowd-bankers, thieves,
dray men, wives, children-in every
stage of undress,s as they had leaped
from burning lodgings, a bowling; i'm
! ploring, cursing, writhing mob, max
ing their desperate dive under the
river. @ ~ II.
1t was as dark in the tunnel as it is
in the center of the earth, perhaps
/ darker F. Hundreds of the fugi.ives
were laden with furniture, household
goods, utensils, loaves Of bread, and
pieces of meat, and their rush through
the almost sunocating tunnel was fear
full in the extreme. They ,knocked
! l.,
on the helpless, Nothing was heard
/ at the mouth of the cavernous prison
but a muff1ed no wi of rage and anguish
4 Several came forth with broken Hmb
and terrible brnisesj as they scattered
and resumed their fight under Sth'
blazing sky to the northward. s'4 81
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09
The Chinamen'sC Contributions for
s..S 70 as.4 Chicago. % h4

The San Francisco Alta says that
when the committee in that city to so
licit contributions from the Chinese
merchants for the relief of the Chicago
sufferers made known the object of
their visit, the respose was a credit to
the representatives of that race, who
have been treated with indignity on so
many occasions and are liable at any
time to be assaulted when passing
through the streets. In one case an
intelligent merchant said to the col
lectors: '.Me leadee in Alta Mclean
man town all same hap gone-burnee
p. Mclean man wantee dollas; some
time poor Mclean mar strikce Chinam'n n
with blicks; Chinaman no care. Alice
people Chicago losee everything
wifee and children burn out. China
man say alice same my. countree peo-
| Wantee help. How muchee
5llaa you wantee? Hundled dolla
Alec ght Sxqanot find enough money
gess me as,ass give another hun
died . Tlle contributions thus giver
By-6hesmorchants reached 8 800 MOI
4 bad for the ''Hcathen Chinee.'
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09
Phenomena ofthe Wisconsin, Fire.

1 There are some phases of the great
calamity which fell upon this region
| last week, worthy OF scientific inYesti
CATION, The testimony cf the cooler
headed survivors of the fires at Peshti
go, the Sugar Bush and williamson
vile, is united as to one phenomena
They say that the fire did not como
upon them gradually from burning
trees or other objects to the windward,
butthe first notice they had of it was
whirlwind of flame, in-great clouds,
! from above the tops of the trees,
which fell upon and enveloped every
thing. The atmosphere seemed one
of fire, The poor people inhaled il,
or the intensely hot air, and fell down
dead, This is verified by the appear
ance of many of the cOrpses. They
were found dead in the roads and
open spaces where there were no visi-
bic marks of fire near by, with not a
trace of burning upon their bodies or
clothing. -
At the Sugar Bush, which is an ex-
tended clearing, IN some places four
miles in width, cOFpses were found in
the open road, between fences which
were only slightly burned. No mark
of fire was upon them, but they laid
there, as if asleep. 50 '-...'
This phenomena seems to explain
the fact that so many were killed in
compact masses. They seem to have
huddled together in what were evident
ly regarded at thai. moment as the
safest places, away from buildings,
trees, or other infammable material
snd there to have died together.
- Fences around cleared fields were
burned in spots of only a few rods in
length, and elsewhere not touched.
Fish were killed in the streams-as at
Peshtigo.
I We hear the universal testimony
that the prevailing idea among the
terror stricken people of these places
was that the last day had come. They
needed not 10 be terror stricken for
such imaginings. What other ex-
plantations could be given at that i'm
minent time, when there was no ON
inous warning sound coming from the
distance, when the sky, so dark just
before, burst into great clouds of fire,
the beasts of the forest came running
for suecor into the midst Of the settle
ments, and a great, red, consuming,
roaring hell of fire fell upon all round
The dreadful scene lacking nothing
but thefsounding of the last trump
and indeed the approach of the awful
no airing and the premonitions from tue
distance supplied even that to the ap-
palled imaginings of the people. a1l
H6The Epsy theory, we think it is, that
continued and widespread fires will
bring no. rain, seems to be entirely
exploded in this instance These
fires had lasted nearly or quite four
weeks, ravaging7forests over a great
area, and still not drop sofrain. The
rain only came with a change of wind
to the northwald, and several days
after the worst burnings were over
with Green Bay Adrocdte.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-09

- The Waverly Watchman of last
week has the following pithy article,
levelled at the NJ b. Congregation Of
Piketon. 1t might furnish food foi
reflection for many other cobgrega
tions. e"
"We understand that the NJ. e. par
sonage at Piketon is in such dilapi-
dated condition that the minister re-
Gently sent to that place refuses to
move into it. We glory in the minis
ter's spunk. This thing of putting
preachers on half lations and compelE
ing them to live ia barns is too In
human and ought TO he stopped II
preachers are worth having, they de
serve to be we'll fed and stabbed. Let
our Piketon brethren improve on theil
manner of treatment OF their ministers
and after they arc through with it
let them send the Improvement" tc
their Waverly brethren. We thinE
such thing could be used here with
good effect -